Kokoelmaa

Kokoelmaa is the partitive singular form of the Finnish noun kokoelma, which means a collection. Kokoelma is a native Finnish word used to describe a group of items that have been gathered or assembled. The form kokoelmaa is the inflected version used when kokoelma is in the partitive case, a grammatical category in Finnish that marks indefiniteness, partiality, or ongoing action, and is also used in certain negation contexts.

In usage, the partitive singular is typically chosen when the collection is viewed as an undetermined portion rather than as a definite whole, or when the noun functions as the object of a verb in contexts that require the partitive. The particle and clausal environment surrounding kokoelmaa can affect whether the noun appears in the partitive or another case, as with many Finnish nouns whose form changes with case and number.

The partitive form kokoelmaa therefore signals that the collection is being described in terms of part of a whole, an indefinite quantity, or a non-complete set. It is one of several inflectional shapes of kokoelma, with kokoelman in the genitive singular and kokoelmat in the nominative plural serving as related forms. Understanding kokoelmaa relies on general Finnish noun inflection rules and the specific role of the partitive case within a sentence.

See also Finnish grammar, partitive case, kokoelma, and noun inflection.