meetodite

Meetodite is the genitive plural form of the Estonian noun meetod, which means method. It is commonly found in academic and scientific writing to indicate possession or association within noun phrases referring to more than one method. In effect, meetodite marks “of the methods” in a phrase such as meetodite kirjeldus (description of the methods), meetodite võrdlus (comparison of the methods), or meetodite efektiivsus (the effectiveness of the methods).

Grammatical notes: Meetod is a neuter noun, and its genitive plural is formed by adding -ite to the stem, producing meetodite. This form is used when the methods serve as a modifier or object within a larger noun phrase. The corresponding nominative plural for the same word is meetodid, meaning “methods.”

Usage context: The term appears widely in research reports, experimental designs, and methodological sections to discuss, compare, or describe multiple methods. It can also occur in phrases such as meetodite kombinatsioon (a combination of methods) or meetodite valik (the selection of methods).

Etymology: The Estonian word meetod is a loanword from the international scientific vocabulary, commonly traced to German Methode or Latin methodus, transmitted through European languages. The genitive plural meetodite follows standard Estonian inflection patterns for -od nouns.