muudatava

Muudatava is an Estonian adjective form meaning “changeable” or “modifiable.” It is the genitive singular form of the adjective muudatav, which is derived from the verb muuta or muutma, meaning “to change,” with the participial suffix -atav that yields an adjective describing possibility or capacity.

In usage, muudatava describes nouns that may be altered or revised. It is common in technical, legal, policy, and documentation language where provisions, texts, or rules are subject to modification. For example, phrases like muudatava teksti (the text that can be changed) or muudatava reegli (the rule that can be amended) illustrate how the form functions as an attributive modifier in the genitive case.

Morphologically, muudatava follows standard Estonian adjective declension patterns. It appears in contexts requiring a genitive singular modifier, and its other case forms align with the noun it modifies. The related adjectives muudatav (changeable) and muutuv (changing) cover closely related semantic fields, with muudatav emphasizing potential change and muutuv stressing ongoing change.

Summary: muudatava is a grammatically specific form used to indicate that a noun is subject to modification, reflecting Estonian’s system of participial adjectives and case-inflected modifiers. It is most typically encountered in formal or technical Estonian where flexibility or revision is a notable characteristic of the described item.