prognoositavatele

Prognoositavatele is an Estonian word form that appears in technical and academic contexts. It represents the dative plural form of the adjective prognoositav, meaning forecastable or predictable. As a grammatical form, prognoositavatele is used when referring to multiple items or issues that can be forecast or predicted, and when these items are expressed in the allative case (to/for them).

Morphology and etymology

The base adjective prognoositav is derived from the noun prognoos (forecast) combined with the suffix -itav, which yields the sense of “capable of being forecasted.” The ending -atele marks the plural allative, used for indirect objects or beneficiaries in contexts involving multiple items. Thus prognoositavatele literally conveys “to/for the forecastables” or “those things that are forecastable,” often functioning as a modifier or, in some constructions, as a substantive referring to a class of items.

Usage

Prognoositavatele is relatively common in statistical, economic, or policy discussions where categories or variables are described in terms of forecastability. It is more likely to appear in written, formal language than in everyday speech. It may occur in phrases such as “prognoositavatele muutustele” (to forecastable changes) or “prognoositavatele andmete kogumisel” (in the collection of forecastable data), depending on the surrounding noun in the allative plural.

See also

Estonian grammar, allative case, adjective formation, suffixes -atav and -atele.