kuvatavate

Kuvatavate is an Estonian term used in linguistic and academic contexts to refer to things that are depicted or shown in an image, illustration, diagram, or other visual representation. It is the genitive plural form of the adjective kuvatav, which means depicted or image-related. The phrase kuvatavate objektide, for example, means “of the depicted objects.”

Etymology and form: The base kuvatav comes from kuva, meaning image or picture, combined with the adjectival suffix -tav to indicate something that is depicted or capable of being depicted. In Estonian, adjectives decline to agree with the nouns they modify; kuvatavate appears in the genitive plural and is commonly used to introduce or describe elements within a figure or dataset. The form is primarily grammatical and descriptive rather than a standalone concept.

Usage: Kuvatavate is used in scholarly writing, figure captions, and descriptions where authors need to specify which elements are shown in a visual representation. It often appears in phrases like kuvatavate objektide kirjeldus ("a description of the depicted objects") or in sentences referring to data or features presented in a figure.

Examples:

- Joonisel esitatud andmed viitavad kuvatavate objektide omadustele. (The data shown in the figure refer to the properties of the depicted objects.)

- Artiklis kasutatakse kuvatavate osade loetelu diagrammi sisu selgitamiseks. (The article uses a list of depicted parts to explain the diagram’s content.)

See also: kuvatav, kuvata.