Liikkeiden

Liikkeiden is a Finnish noun form that functions as the genitive plural of liike. The base word liike has several common senses in Finnish: it can mean a movement or action, a business establishment or shop, or a political or social movement. The genitive plural liikkeiden is used to indicate possession, association, or relation with more than one instance of liike, regardless of which sense is intended.

Grammatically, liikkeiden is formed from the plural nominative liikkeet (movements or shops) with the genitive plural ending -iden. This form is used with nouns in the genitive to express attributes of a group, such as ownership, quantity, or characteristic related to multiple liikkeet. Examples include liikkeiden omistajat (owners of the shops), liikkeiden määrä (the number of shops or movements, depending on sense), and liikkeiden kilpailu (competition among shops or movements).

In everyday Finnish, liike is most commonly understood as business/retail context when used in plural, with liikkeiden referring to stores or commercial establishments in phrases like liikkeiden määrä or liikkeiden omistajat. In other contexts, such as when referring to physical or social movements, liikkeiden would similarly denote the genitive plural of those movements, for example in discussions of different political liikkeiden oppilaitokset or liikkeiden kehitys, though such usage is more specialized.

See also: liike, liikkeet, genitive forms in Finnish, Finnish grammar.