õpetavaid

õpetavaid is the partitive plural form of the Estonian adjective õpetav. õpetav itself derives from the verb õpetama, meaning to teach or to educate. Therefore, õpetavaid literally translates to "teaching ones" or "educating ones" in the partitive plural. In Estonian grammar, the partitive case is often used to indicate an indefinite quantity or to denote the object of certain verbs. Thus, õpetavaid would typically appear in sentences where it refers to an unspecified number of teaching or educational things or entities. For example, one might encounter it in a phrase like "lugesin õpetavaid raamatuid" which means "I read teaching books" or "I read educational books." The adjective õpetav can describe nouns related to instruction, learning, or imparting knowledge. The plural form õpetavad would refer to multiple teaching things in the nominative case. The partitive plural õpetavaid signifies that these teaching entities are not being presented as a complete set or as the sole subject of the sentence, but rather as a portion or an indefinite quantity.