Beigeiksi

Beigeiksi is a Finnish translative form of the color word beige. It expresses a change into the color beige and is used with verbs of becoming or with passive constructions to describe that something has been or will be colored beige. For example, Seinät muuttuvat beigeiksi. Ovi on maalattu beigeiksi.

Beigeiksi is formed by adding the translative suffix -ksi to beige. In Finnish, the translative case marks a transformation into a state described by the adjective. The form is the same for singular and plural subjects when used as a complement of a verb: Seinät muuttuvat beigeiksi, Seinät on maalattu beigeiksi.

Origins and usage: The color beige is borrowed into Finnish from French and English and has become a standard color term in interior design, fashion, and everyday language. The translative form beigeiksi is common and widely understood, used in contexts such as painting, dyeing, or aging processes that result in a beige appearance. In everyday Finnish, beigeiksi can appear in phrases describing a transition to beige, often alongside other color forms like valkoiseksi or siniseksi to indicate different color outcomes.