Kausaalisten

Kausaalisten is the genitive plural form of the Finnish adjective kausaalinen, meaning causal or relating to causality. It is not a standalone term, but a grammatical form used to modify a noun in the genitive plural to indicate a relationship to causality.

In Finnish grammar, adjectives of the -inen type decline to -isten in the genitive plural. For example, kausaalinen has forms such as kausaalisen (genitive singular), kausaaliset (nominative plural), and kausaalisten (genitive plural). The corresponding noun may appear in genitive plural, as in kausaalisten syiden or kausaalisten suhteiden, to express phrases like “of the causal reasons” or “of the causal relationships.”

Usage and examples occur mainly in academic and scientific writing. Phrases such as kausaalisten suhteiden mallintaminen (modeling of causal relationships), kausaalisten syiden tutkimus (study of causal reasons), or kausaalisten mekanismien ymmärtäminen (understanding of causal mechanisms) are typical in philosophy, linguistics, and data analyses that address causality. The form supports precise grammatical alignment when describing phenomena tied to causality and is common in formal Finnish prose.

Overall, kausaalisten functions as a standard inflected form rather than a distinct concept. Its role is to modify nouns in genitive plural to denote causal relationships, fitting neatly into the broader system of Finnish adjective declension. See also Finnish grammar and the -inen adjective paradigm for related forms.