piltide

Pilt means image, picture, or painting in Estonian. The plural nominative form is pildid, while the genitive plural is piltide. The form piltide is used to indicate possession or relation to pictures, in phrases such as piltide kogumik (a collection of pictures) or piltide kvaliteet (the quality of pictures). The concept encompasses photographs, drawings, paintings, and other visual representations.

Images are used across many domains, including journalism, education, advertising, and art. They can be created in photography, painting, drawing, or digital graphics, and they may be reproduced, stored in archives, shared online, and subject to licensing and copyright. The digital era has greatly expanded the creation and distribution of pildid, increasing accessibility and the potential for manipulation.

In linguistic terms, piltide is the genitive plural form that signals relationship between pictures and another noun. In Estonian, pildid is the ordinary plural when merely referring to pictures; piltide appears in phrases and compound terms where a possessive or descriptive relationship is implied. The distinction is a common feature of Estonian grammar and is used to construct descriptive and relational phrases involving visual imagery.

See also: photography, visual arts, and Estonian language.