ülikoolidelt

Ülikoolidelt is an Estonian grammatical form, specifically the partitive plural of the word "ülikool," which means "university." In Estonian grammar, the partitive case is used to indicate an indefinite quantity or an incomplete action. When used in the plural, "ülikoolidelt" signifies "from universities" in a way that suggests an unspecified number or a portion derived from multiple universities. For instance, one might say "ma sain selle teabe ülikoolidelt," meaning "I got this information from universities." This phrasing implies the information did not come from a single, specific university but rather from a general collection of academic institutions, or perhaps from a research project involving multiple universities. The use of the partitive case here avoids specifying a singular source and instead points to a broader origin. It is a common construction in Estonian for expressing transactions or information acquisition that is not tied to a single definitive source.