nõutavatest

Nõutavatest is an Estonian inflected form of the participial adjective nõutatav, which means “required” or “demanded.” The form is used in combinations where the noun it modifies is plural and in the elative case, conveying the sense of “from the [things] that are required” or “of the required [things].” It is most commonly found in formal or legal-technical language.

Morphology and grammar: The base is nõutatav, formed from the verb nõuda (to demand/require) with the participial suffix -atav, yielding a qualifying adjective. In Estonian, when this adjective modifies a plural noun in the elative case, it takes the form nõutavatest. This form does not stand alone as a noun; it functions as a modifier within a noun phrase such as nõutavatest tingimustest.

Usage: Nõutavatest is typical in regulatory, administrative, or contractual texts, where precise reference to requirements or conditions is needed. In everyday language, speakers may opt for synonyms such as vajalik or kohustuslik, depending on nuance, but nõutatav remains common in formal discourse to denote conditions that must be fulfilled.

Examples: A phrase such as nõutavatest tingimustest is used to mean “from the conditions that are required.” Other contexts include references to documents, processes, or standards that are specified as obligatory in a given framework.

See also: nõutatav, nõuda, nõudma, tingimus, dokumendid, elatiiv.