Laitoksina

Laitoksina is the plural essive form of the Finnish noun laitos, meaning institution or facility. The essive case marks a state or role, so laitosina (and its form laitosina or laitosina?—the correct plural is laitosina in some contexts and laitosina? in others) expresses “as institutions” or “in the capacity of institutions.” It is used in formal Finnish to describe how multiple entities are functioning or presenting themselves in a particular role.

In practice, laitosina is common in administrative, policy, and academic writing. It is used when several organizations are described as taking on a specific function or status within a program, partnership, or framework. The construction emphasizes the role rather than the entities as objects, and it often appears in lists or descriptions of collaborative arrangements.

Examples:

- Kunnat, yliopistot ja tutkimuslaitokset voivat toimia laitosina uudessa tutkimusohjelmassa. This means that municipalities, universities, and research institutions can operate as institutions in the new research program.

- Hankkeen osatekijät toimivat laitosina, joiden tehtävänä on valvoa ja koordinoida toimintaa. This conveys that the components function as institutions with the task of overseeing and coordinating activities.

Notes: Laitoksina is primarily a grammatical form rather than a standalone concept. It appears mainly in written Finnish when describing roles of organizations in collective or formal contexts, and its meaning is closely tied to the essive’s function of indicating state or role.