morfoloogilistel

Morfoloogiline iseenesest Estonian adjective meaning related to morphology, the branch of linguistics that studies the form and structure of words, including inflection and word formation. The word morfoloogilistel is one of its inflected forms, used when the noun it modifies is plural and the sentence requires a specific grammatical ending.

In Estonian, adjectives agree with the noun in number and case, so morfoloogiline can take different endings depending on the syntactic context. The form morfoloogilistel typically appears with plural nouns in certain cases. For example, morfoloogilistel eesmärkidel can be translated as “for morphological purposes,” and morfoloogiliste andmete analüüsimisel as “in the analysis of morphological data.” These constructions are common in academic and linguistic texts.

Usage of morfoloogilistel is mainly found in scholarly writing, descriptions of language structure, and discussions of morphological phenomena in Estonian and other languages. It helps specify that discussion pertains to morphology rather than other aspects of language.

Etymology and related terms: morfoloogiline derives from morfoloogia (morphology) with the adjectival suffix -iline. Related terms include morfoloogia, morfoloogiline analüüs, and morfoloogilised omadused, all of which appear in analyses of word structure and form.

See also: morfoloogia, morfoloogiline analüüs, Eesti keele grammatika.