Ühtlasemadest

Ühtlasemadest is an Estonian grammatical form that means “from the more even ones” or “of the more even ones.” It is not a separate lexical entry but a combination of a comparative adjective form with a suffix that marks origin from a subset within a larger group.

Morphology and meaning: ühtlasemad is the plural form of the comparative adjective ühtlasem, derived from ühtlane, meaning even or uniform. The suffix -dest is the elative plural ending, used to indicate source, origin, or selection from within a group. Therefore ühtlasemadest literally conveys “from among the more even ones.” The construction is primarily a grammatical tool rather than a stand-alone concept.

Usage: The form typically appears in descriptive, analytical, or formal prose when a subset of items is being identified as more even than others. It is used to discuss distributions, performances, or categorizations where a comparison among groups is implicit. In most contexts, ühtlasemadest functions as a postpositional or participial phrase element within a larger sentence, rather than as a word with independent semantic load.

Relation to other forms: ühtlasemadest sits within standard Estonian morphology, illustrating how adjectives, comparatives, and case endings combine to express nuanced relationships like “from among the more even ones.” It is mainly encountered in written Estonian, including reports, scholarly writing, and neutral descriptive text.

See also: Estonian grammar, elative case, comparative adjectives, inflectional morphology.