hooldajatel
Hooldajatel is the Estonian adessive plural form of the noun hooldaja, which means caregiver, carer, or attendant. As a grammatical form, hooldajatel is used to refer to caregivers in contexts involving location, possession, or in predicative constructions with the copula on, where the subject appears in the adessive case.
Morphology and meaning: The base plural is hooldajad (caregivers). The genitive plural is hooldajate (of the
Usage notes: Hooldajatel is commonly encountered in formal and written Estonian, especially in discussions about caregiving,
Etymology and related terms: Hooldajatel stems from hooldaja (caretaker, caregiver) with the plural stem hooldajad, and
See also: hooldaja, hooldus, hooldekeskus, Estonian grammar, case forms.