olemasolevatesse

Olemasolevatesse is a form in Estonian grammar. It is the illative plural form of the adjective olemasolev, which means existing or present. The construction is used to indicate movement into or direction toward something that already exists, typically with plural nouns in the illative case.

In practical use, olemasolevatesse is combined with plural nouns to specify “into the existing [things].” For example, olemasolevatesse andmetesse means into the existing data, and olemasolevatesse nimekirjadesse refers to entering or adding elements into the existing lists. The form appears mainly in formal, technical, or data-oriented texts such as reports, instructions, and legal or administrative writing.

Grammatically, olemasolevatesse is derived from olemasolev, the present-participial adjective meaning existing, and is inflected for the illative plural. The suffixing pattern reflects Estonian case marking for direction into a set or container and for a plural noun, rather than a single item.

Etymology-wise, olemasolev combines the concepts of existence (olema, to be) and being (olev), yielding “existing.” The illative plural form olemasolevatesse then extends that meaning to multiple existing entities or data objects when indicating a movement toward them.

See also: olemasolev, illative case, Estonian grammar, data-oriented Estonian usage.