Murroksen

Murroksen is the genitive form of murros, a Finnish noun that denotes a turning point, rupture, or fracture. In general use, murroksen refers to a decisive change in a sequence of events, a moment after which things are different. The form is common in both everyday language and academic writing, where it often appears in expressions such as murroksen synty (the origin of the turning point) or murroksen vaikutukset (the effects of the turning point).

From murros (‘crack, fault, turning point’) with the genitive suffix -n, murroksen indicates possession or relation.

In geological contexts, murroksia describes faults or ruptures in rock where displacement has occurred. The term murroksen can be used to refer to a specific fault boundary under discussion, depending on syntactic context. In Finnish geology, the preferred term for a fault is murros, with murroksen as the grammatical form used in phrases about the fault’s characteristics.

In literature, journalism, and political discourse, murroksen is often used metaphorically to describe pivotal moments in history, society, or individual lives, such as economic reforms or social revolutions.

See also: murros, murrosikä.