Kontaktien

Kontaktien is the genitive plural form of the Finnish noun kontakti, meaning contact. Kontakti is a loanword in Finnish, deriving from the English or German word for “contact.” The nominative plural is kontaktit, while the genitive plural is kontaktien, corresponding to “of the contacts” or “the contacts’.” Finnish uses genitive plural forms to indicate possession, association, or relation to multiple items without articles.

In usage, kontaktien appears in phrases that describe attributes or actions related to more than one contact. Examples include kontaktien hallinta (the management of contacts), kontaktien tiedot (the details of the contacts), and hetki kun kontaktien päivämäärät ovat ajan tasalla (the moment when the contacts’ dates are up to date). Its application is common in contexts such as customer relationship management, address books, and data records.

Morphologically, kontaktien is formed by taking the singular kontakti and applying Finnish genitive plural ending -ien to indicate ownership by multiple contacts or association with multiple contact entries. This form does not change for definiteness or number beyond the possessive relation it expresses.

Etymology and status: kontakti is a standard Finnish noun adopted from foreign sources, now fully integrated into Finnish spelling and grammar. Kontaktien functions as a grammatical inflection rather than a standalone lexical entry, and its meaning derives from the base concept of a “contact”—a person or entity with which one maintains channel of communication.