milliseid

Milliseid is an Estonian interrogative determiner used to ask about kinds or types. It is the partitive plural form of the word that corresponds to “which kind of” or “what kind of,” and it precedes plural nouns in the partitive case. In English it is often translated as “which kinds of” or “what kinds of.”

In use, milliseid appears before a plural noun in the partitive case, typically in questions about preferences, categories, or characteristics. Examples include: Milliseid raamatuid sa eelistad? (What kinds of books do you prefer?) Milliseid toite soovid süüa? (What kinds of foods would you like to eat?) Milliseid riideid sul vaja on? (What kinds of clothes do you need?)

Morphologically, milliseid is part of the Estonian system of inflecting adjectives and pronouns to agree with the number and case of the noun it modifies. The base form for singular is milline, with various forms for singular and plural across different cases; milliseid specifically marks feminine or mixed-gender plural nouns in the partitive case.

Origin and relation, in broad terms, place milliseid within standard Estonian grammar as one of the core interrogative forms used to inquire about type, kind, or category. It is commonly found in everyday speech, media, and writing, as speakers specify or compare characteristics of multiple items.