Kasveja

Kasveja is the partitive plural form of the Finnish noun kasvi, meaning “plants.” It is used to refer to an indefinite number of plants, especially when the plants are the object of an action or description, rather than a definite group.

In everyday Finnish, kasveja appears in sentences such as “Minulla on kasveja kotona” (I have plants at home) or “Kasveja myydään puutarhamyymälässä” (Plants are sold at the garden shop). The form signals indefiniteness and is commonly found after verbs, adjectives, and certain quantifiers. It can also be used to describe plant life collectively, for example in phrases like “kasveja ja puita” (plants and trees) or in ecological and gardening contexts.

Morphology and related forms: kasveja is the partitive plural of kasvi. Related forms include kasvi (singular nominative), kasvin (genitive singular), kasvien (genitive plural), and various locative and elative forms such as kasveissa or kasveista, reflecting standard Finnish noun inflection patterns around the stem kasvi.

Etymology: kasveja derives from kasvi, with the plural partitive ending -ja forming kasveja. The construction is typical of Finnish noun morphology, where the partitive plural marks an indefinite quantity or object of an action.

See also: Kasvi (the singular noun), kasvin and kasvien (related inflected forms), Finnish grammar and partitive constructions.