Lääkärien

Lääkärien is the genitive plural form of lääkäri, the Finnish noun for 'doctor' or 'physician'. It expresses ownership or association with more than one doctor, meaning 'of doctors' or 'doctors'' in English. In Finnish, genitive plural forms are used to denote possession, attribution, or relation between nouns, and they do not require articles.

Lääkärien is typically used to modify another noun in a possessive sense. The genitive plural ending -ien is common for nouns such as lääkäri, yielding phrases like lääkärien vastaanotot (the doctors’ consultations) or lääkärien koulutus (the education of doctors). It also appears in phrases such as lääkärien mukaan, meaning 'according to doctors' or 'doctors say'.

Common examples include:

- Lääkärien koulutus Suomessa on monimuotoista. (The education of doctors in Finland is varied.)

- Lääkärien vastaanotot ovat ruuhka-aikoina pitkiä. (Doctors’ consultations are long during peak times.)

- Lääkärien mukaan uusi hoitomuoto parantaa potilaiden toipumista. (According to doctors, the new treatment improves patients’ recovery.)

- Lääkärien määrä kasvaa Suomen väestön vanhetessa. (The number of doctors is increasing as Finland’s population ages.)

Lääkärien-formin käyttö illustrates Finnish possessive grammar, where the genitive plural marks the relationship to multiple doctors without altering the possessed noun’s form. It is a standard feature in medical, statistical, and policy-related Finnish discourse.