Keräimiä

Keräimiä is a Finnish noun form that appears as the plural partitive of the stem keräin. The word keräin itself is not part of everyday modern Finnish, and keräimiä is therefore largely encountered in dictionaries as a rare or historical form. The underlying verb kerätä means “to collect” or “to gather,” and keräin would conceptually denote a person or device involved in gathering. However, this agent- or instrument-noun formation is not common in contemporary usage.

In practice, keräimiä is typically found in linguistic discussions, lexicographical references, or in specialized technical jargon where a particular collecting device or actor is described with this term. Because the sense of keräimiä depends strongly on context, its meaning can be ambiguous without additional information.

Modern Finnish generally prefers clearer alternatives, such as keräilijät for people who collect, or more specific terms for devices, like keräyslaitteet or keräinkoneet, depending on the context. When keräimiä appears, it is advisable to rely on surrounding text to determine whether it refers to a collector (person) or a collecting instrument, and to consider that the term may be archaic or context-specific.

See also: keräilijä, keräys, keräin.