identifitseerivaid

Identifitseerivaid is an Estonian inflected form of the participial adjective identifitseeriv, meaning “identifying” or “identifiable.” It is typically used to describe plural nouns in contexts where the noun phrase denotes features, attributes, or characteristics that enable identification. In standard usage, identifitseerivaid appears in the partitive plural when the noun it modifies is in the partitive case, for example in phrases like identifitseerivaid tunnuseid (identifying features).

Grammar and usage notes: Identifitseerivaid functions as an attributive modifier in a noun phrase and agrees with its plural noun in case and number. It is most common in technical, scientific, and academic writing, where precise description of identifying characteristics is required. Typical collocations include identifitseerivaid tunnuseid (identifying features) and identifitseerivaid omadusi (identifying properties). The form is derived from the verb identifitseerima (to identify) and the present participle/attributes suffixes that Estonian employs to form descriptive adjectives.

Etymology: The term comes from Estonian identifitseerima, itself borrowed and adapted from the English word identify, with the Estonian -ma infinitive suffix and the present participle/adjective formation -iv, producing identifitseeriv and its inflected forms such as identifitseerivaid.

See also: identifitseerima, identifitseeriv, identifikatsioon, identifikaator. These related terms cover the act of identification, the descriptive form, and the nouns used for identification purposes.

In sum, identifitseerivaid is a specific grammatical form used in Estonian to describe plural features that help identify something, most often encountered in formal or scientific writing.