Kasvupäivien

Kasvupäivien is Finnish and represents the genitive plural form of kasvupäivä, a compound term that literally means “growth day.” As a standalone lexical entry, kasvupäivien does not denote a fixed, widely standardized concept in Finnish dictionaries; instead its precise meaning is determined by context. In practice, the expression tends to occur in texts discussing days associated with growth in crops, plants, or developmental monitoring, and it appears in various phrases rather than as a single, standalone definition.

Etymology and form

Kasvupäivä combines kasvua or kasv- (growth) with päivä (day). The genitive plural suffix -ien yields kasvupäivien, which is used to indicate “of growth days” or to describe a set of days related to growth within a larger phrase, such as kasvupäivien seuranta or kasvupäivien aikataulu.

Usage and contexts

- Agriculture and botany: kasvuun liittyviä päivien merkejä or growth-stage records are sometimes described using kasvupäivien in field notes or phenology logs, e.g., kasvupäivien seuraaminen (monitoring growth days) or kasvupäivien laskeminen (counting growth days).

- Horticulture and plant breeding: the term may appear in diaries or reports that track development over specific days after sowing or transplanting.

- Developmental monitoring: in broader texts, kasvuaiheisiin liittyvät päiväjaksot could be discussed with kasvupäivien as part of a narrative about growth progress, though more common terms like kasvupäiväkirja (growth diary) exist for explicit records.

Relationship to related terms

Kasvupäivien is closely tied to kasvupäivä and kasvupäiväkirja. Kasvupäivä describes a single day associated with growth, while kasvupäiväkirja refers to a diary or log documenting growth over time.

See also

Growth day concepts in phenology and plant development; growth diary (kasvupäiväkirja); plant growth stages.