Esiintymää

Esiintymää is the partitive singular form of the Finnish noun esiintymä. The word has two main senses in Finnish: a general sense of occurrence or appearance of something, and a geological sense referring to a natural deposit or ore body. In everyday language esiintymä can denote the presence or occurrence of phenomena, symptoms, events and similar things, while in geology and mining it designates a mineral or ore deposit found in the Earth's crust.

In the general sense, esiintymä is used to describe how or where something appears or occurs. For example, taudin esiintymää can be discussed in epidemiological studies, or the appearance of a phenomenon can be described as its esiintymä. The partitive form esiintymää appears in constructions where the reference is indefinite or not fully specified, or where the object is viewed as a portion of a larger whole.

In geology and mining, esiintymä refers to a defined body or occurrence of a mineral, ore or material. Common phrases address the location, size or grade of an esiintymä, and it is contrasted with broader concepts such as formation or district. Plural forms (esiintymiä) are used when multiple deposits are discussed.

Etymology traces esiintymä to the Finnish root related to appearing or showing, and it shares a common origin with the verb esiintyä (to appear) and the related noun esiintymien. The word differs from esiintyminen, which more directly denotes the act or process of appearing or performing.

See also: esiintymä, esiintymien, esiintyminen, esiintyminen.