kodusid

Kodusid is a form in Estonian associated with the noun kodu, meaning home. In standard Estonian, kodu is declined across cases and numbers, and its partitive plural is kodusid, used to express an indefinite quantity of homes (for example, mitu kodusid = how many homes).

The form kodusid is not part of the standard Estonian noun paradigm. It is sometimes seen as a nonstandard spelling or a dialectal variant of kodusid in informal writing or among language learners. In careful or formal writing, kodusid is the preferred form when the intended meaning is “some homes” or “a portion of homes.”

Usage and meaning: Kodusid appears after numerals or verbs that require the partitive case, indicating an indefinite or partial quantity. It is used to talk about an unspecified number of homes in contexts such as questions, general statements, or descriptions involving home-related nouns. The standard form kodusid is the form typically taught in dictionaries and grammar references.

Orthography and variation: While kodud (nominative plural) and kodude (genitive plural) are part of the regular paradigm, kodusid is the canonical partitive plural. Kodusid, kodusid, or other variants may appear in nonstandard texts, but kodusid remains the normative spelling in formal Estonian.

See also: Estonian grammar, Estonian nouns, partitive case.

References: Basic Estonian grammar resources and language references on noun declension and partitive usage.