kultuurilisi

Kultuurilisi is the plural partitive form of the Estonian adjective kultuuriline, meaning cultural. In Estonian, adjectives decline to agree with the noun they modify in number and case; kultuurilisi is the form used with plural nouns in the partitive case. This form is commonly found when the noun is the object of a verb or when the reference is non-specific or indefinite.

Kultuurilisi is not a separate word with its own meaning; it is a grammatical inflection of kultuuriline. The partitive plural form appears in a variety of contexts, especially in academic, journalistic, and everyday discussions about culture, cultural practices, or cultural influences and differences.

Examples of usage include phrases such as kultuurilisi erinevusi (cultural differences) and kultuurilisi mõjutusi (cultural influences). For instance, a sentence like Me arutame kultuurilisi erinevusi translates to We discuss cultural differences, illustrating how the form modifies a plural noun in the partitive case. In research writing, kultuurilisi nähtusi (cultural phenomena) may appear when presenting observations about culture in a non-count or ongoing sense.

See also: kultuuriline, Estonian adjective declension, partitive case.