skaneerivad

Skaneerivad is the Estonian verb form meaning “they scan” or “they are scanning.” It is the present tense, third-person plural form of the verb skaneerida, which denotes performing a scanning action.

The verb skaneerida is a native Estonian verb formed from the stem skaneer- with the infinitive ending -ida. It is a loanword based on the English word scan and is used in contexts such as digitizing paper documents, capturing images, or extracting data with scanning devices. The present tense plural ending for this class of verbs is -ivad, yielding skaneerivad for they/they are scanning.

Usage and scope: Skaneerivad is employed when referring to multiple agents carrying out a scanning process. This can occur in information technology, document processing, medical imaging workflows, barcode or image scanning, and related fields. It often coexists with related nouns such as skaneerimine (the act of scanning) and skaneerija (the scanner/device or person performing the scan).

Examples: Nad skaneerivad dokumente ja salvestavad need digitaalsel arhiivil. (They are scanning documents and saving them to a digital archive.) Need seadmed skaneerivad pildi kõrge eraldusvõimega. (These devices scan an image at high resolution.)

See also: skaneerimine, skaneerija.