meeldivamad

Meeldivamad is an Estonian plural comparative adjective form derived from the adjective meeldiv, meaning pleasant or agreeable. It is used to describe multiple nouns as being more pleasant or agreeable in comparison to others. The base positive form is meeldiv, the comparative is meeldivam (singular) or meeldivamad (plural), and the superlative is meeldivaim or meeldivaimad for singular and plural respectively.

Morphology and usage notes:

- Meeldivamad is used before a plural noun to indicate a higher degree of pleasantness than other items. Example: Need on meeldivamad inimesed. (These are more pleasant people.)

- Estonian adjectives agree with their nouns in number and case, so the form changes with the noun's role in the sentence. The paired positive form for plural is meeldivad, as in meeldivad inimesed (pleasant people).

Etymology:

- The word combines meeldiv (pleasant) with the comparative suffix -am, and the plural ending -ad, yielding the plural comparative meaning “more pleasant ones.”

Related forms:

- Positive plural: meeldivad inimesed (pleasant people)

- Singular comparative: meeldivam inimene (a more pleasant person)

- Plural superlative: meeldivaimad inimesed (the most pleasant people)

Notes:

- Meeldivamad serves to compare three or more items or to present one group as relatively more pleasant within a known set.

- As with other Estonian adjectives, word order and case endings determine meaning, and the comparative form only appears before a plural noun.