agentidele

Agentidele is the plural allative form of the Estonian noun agent, used to indicate recipients or targets of an action, typically translated as “to the agents.” In Estonian, the allative case expresses direction toward someone or something and is commonly found with verbs that take indirect objects, such as to give, to send, or to present.

Morphology and usage

Agentidele is formed from the stem agent plus the allative plural ending -idele. This form appears in sentences where multiple agents are the recipients of an action. It is most visible in formal or administrative prose, but it can also appear in journalistic writing when detailing actions directed at groups.

Examples

Info anti agentidele. (Information was given to the agents.)

Dokumendid saadeti agentidele. (The documents were sent to the agents.)

Notes on context

As a grammatical form, agentidele signals recipient-like function for a plural subject or object and pairs with verbs governing indirect objects. Its use helps clarify who is intended to receive something or who is the target of an action. In everyday speech, speakers may rephrase to avoid long allative phrases, but agentidele remains a standard and correct form in written Estonian.

See also

Agent (singular noun), agentide (genitive/plural forms of agent), Estonian cases and inflection.