Alustavien

Alustavien is a Finnish grammatical form, the genitive plural of the adjective alustava, which means "preliminary" or "provisional." It is used to indicate possession, association or the object of certain postpositions in phrases where the modified noun is plural. As a morphological form, alustavien appears before plural nouns or noun phrases to mark relationships such as "of the preliminary [items]" or in fixed expressions that translate into English as "based on preliminary ..."

Usage examples include phrases like alustavien tulosten perusteella ("based on preliminary results") and alustavien ehdotusten pohjalta ("on the basis of preliminary proposals"). The form is common in academic, administrative and legal language, where decisions and reports are often qualified as provisional pending final analysis.

Grammatically, alustavien follows the Finnish adjective declension patterns and agrees in case and number with the noun it modifies. It functions in contexts requiring the genitive plural: attributive constructions, possessive relationships and certain idiomatic constructs. Understanding forms such as alustavien helps learners of Finnish recognize agreement between adjectives and plural nouns and interpret common institutional and technical expressions where provisional status is emphasized.