soovitavaid

Soovitavaid is an Estonian adjective form meaning advi sable or recommended. It is derived from the base adjective soovitav and is used with plural nouns in the partitive case. In Estonian, adjectives decline to agree with the nouns they modify, and the form soovitavaid is the partitive plural form appropriate for describing plural nouns such as tegevusi or võimalusi.

Usage and function: Soovitavaid conveys that the described items are advisable or recommended, rather than required. It commonly appears in guides, checklists, and recommendations, where the speaker or author is listing items that are considered beneficial or worth choosing. Because it is a grammatical inflection rather than a stand-alone concept, soovitavaid appears only when it modifies a plural noun in the partitive case.

Examples: Soovitavaid tegevusi can be found in travel itineraries, meaning “recommended activities.” Soovitavaid võimalusi might be used in decision contexts, meaning “recommended options.” The opposite form is ebasoovitav, meaning not advisable, with ebasoovitavaid being the partitive plural form used similarly to express not-advisable items.

Relationship to related forms: The lemma form is soovitav, which means advisable or recommended. As with other Estonian adjectives, soovitav has multiple inflected forms to match number and case; soovitavaid is specifically the partitive plural form. The word does not denote a separate concept on its own but a grammatical form used in context to describe plural nouns.

See also: soovitav, soovitama, ebasoovitav, Estonian grammar.