kutsealaseid

Kutsealaseid is the Estonian partitive plural form of kutsealased, a noun meaning professionals or people who work in a particular trade. The term is formed from kutse (profession, calling) and the suffix -lased, which marks people associated with a particular field. In everyday use, kutsealased refers to professionals in a broad sense rather than to any single occupation.

Etymology and form

Kutsealased derives from kutse (profession) plus a suffix that yields “people” or “group of people.” The word takes the partitive plural form kutsealaseid in contexts where it functions as the direct object or expresses an indeterminate quantity, such as with verbs or certain prepositional phrases.

Grammar and usage

Kutsealaseid is specifically the partitive plural form. It is typically followed by a noun in the partitive when used in a sentence, for example kutsealaseid inimesi (professionals people). It can appear without an immediate noun in some syntactic constructions, though usage is most common in phrases referring to professionals as a group. The term is neutral and non-pejorative, suitable for journalism, academic writing, and everyday speech when discussing professionals collectively.

Examples

- Ma kohtasin kutsealaseid.

- Kutsealaseid inimesi oli kogu linnas.

See also

Estonian language morphology, Partitive case in Estonian, Kutse (profession) in Estonian etymology.