põhitüüpi

Põhitüüpi, in Estonian grammar, is the partitive singular form of the noun phrase põhitüüp, which means the main or primary type. The term is used in academic and technical writing to designate the most representative or fundamental type within a classification system. Põhitüüpi serves as a reference point from which other variants, subtypes, or alternatives are derived or described.

The concept rests on the combination of two roots: põhi meaning base or main, and tüüp meaning type. As a linguistic form, põhitüüpi appears in sentences where the main type is discussed in a partitive sense, for example when referring to a portion or aspect of the main type or when describing characteristics that pertain to the main type in a comparative or analytical context. The related forms include põhitüüp (nominative singular), põhitüübi (genitive singular), põhitüüpe (partitive plural), and põhitüübid (nominative plural).

Usage of põhitüüpi spans various fields, including linguistics, information science, taxonomy, and data modelling, wherever a classification framework distinguishes a core or reference type from its variations. In practice, authors use the term to highlight what is considered the central or defining form within a category, as opposed to secondary or derived types.

See also: klassifikatsioon, tüüp, põhi, liig, kategoria.