Nestemäiseksi

Nestemäiseksi is a Finnish translative form used to express a change of state into a liquid. It denotes turning into a liquid state and is formed from the adjective nestemäinen (liquid-like) with the translative suffix -ksi, yielding nestemäiseksi. In Finnish, the translative marks a transformation or arrival into a new condition, so nestemäiseksi specifically indicates becoming liquid.

The form is common in scientific, technical, and everyday language when describing processes that produce or require a liquid state. For example, jäät muuttuu nestemäiseksi means ice becomes liquid. Aine kuumennettaessa muuttuu nestemäiseksi describes a substance becoming liquid when heated. The expression can also appear in contexts discussing liquids formed from solids or gases under certain conditions.

Etymologically, nestemäiseksi derives from nestemäinen, which itself comes from nesto/neste meaning liquid, combined with the -mäinen suffix to form an adjective, and then the translative -ksi to indicate transformation. Thus the word literally communicates “into a liquid (state).”

Notes on usage: nestemäiseksi is used when the focus is on the state described by the adjective nestemäinen or on the process of becoming liquid. In some contexts, a more general term such as nesteeksi may be used when the emphasis is on becoming a liquid as a substance rather than on the liquid-like quality.

See also: Finnish translative case, Finnish adjective-noun agreement, liquid state terminology.