näevad

Näevad is the third-person plural present tense form of the Estonian verb nägema, meaning to see. In Estonian, verbs are conjugated for person and number, and the present tense forms of nägema are näen, näed, näeb, näeme, näete, näevad. The form näevad is used when the subject is plural.

Usage and examples: Näevad is a transitive verb, requiring a direct object in the appropriate case. Examples include: Nad näevad inimest. They see a person. Nad näevad maja. They see a house. Näevad can be used in various contexts to express perception of something visible, such as people, objects, or scenes, and can appear in clauses describing what is being perceived.

Morphology and related forms: The verb nägema belongs to the group of Estonian verbs that form present tense with standard personal endings (en, ed, eb, eme, ete, evad). The related forms include näen (I see), näed (you see), näeb (he/she sees), näeme (we see), näete (you see), and näevad (they see). The noun forms related to seeing include nägemine (the act of seeing) and nägemis-, a prefix or compound form in some phrases.

Etymology: Näevad derives from the Estonian verb nägema, rooted in the same semantic field as sight and perception. It is a regular member of the Estonian verb system, with no distinct irregularities in the present tense.

See also: Estonian language grammar, nägema, verbs in Estonian.