tänavaid

Tänavaid is the partitive plural form of the Estonian noun tänav, meaning "streets." It is used when referring to streets in a non-specific quantity or after prepositions that govern the partitive case, such as mööda (along) or läbi (through). The form helps express indefinite ongoing or collective street references rather than a definite set of streets. The nominative plural is tänavad, while the genitive plural is tänavate, and the partitive plural is tänavaid.

Declension in brief: tänav (singular, nominative); tänavat (singular, partitive). In the plural, tänavad is the nominative, and tänavaid is the partitive. The partitive plural is the form typically encountered after words like palju (many), väike osa (a small portion), or after prepositions that require the partitive.

Usage examples: "Ma jalutsin mööda tänavaid." (I walked along the streets.) "Linnas on palju tänavaid." (There are many streets in the city.) "Need tänavad on vanad." (These streets are old.) The partitive plural Tänavaid is common in descriptive writing, travel notes, and everyday speech when counting or describing streets without specifying an exact number.

Relation to other terms: Tänav is the base noun meaning street. Related grammatical forms appear across Estonian declensions, with السيا focusing on the partitive usage in plural contexts.

See also: tänav, Estonian declension, Estonian grammar.