Nimisiä

Nimisiä is a Finnish adjective form derived from nimi, meaning name. It is the partitive plural inflection of the adjective niminen, used to describe plural nouns when the sentence requires the partitive case. In practice nimisiä appears before a plural noun to convey “named” or “bearing that name,” often in combination with numerals or indefinite quantities.

Usage of nimisiä occurs in contexts where groups or items are identified by a specific name or designation. Common patterns include phrases with numerals or quantity words: for example, useita nimisiä rakennuksia (several named buildings) or useita nimisiä kohteita (several named targets). The construction signals that the referenced nouns share a common designation or label.

In Finnish grammar, nimisiä agrees with the noun it modifies in case and number. It is typically used only when the noun it describes is in the partitive plural, such as when counting or talking about an unspecified amount. The form nimisiä is contrasted with nah forms like nimiset or nimisiä kolmannen? In general, nimisiä serves to identify multiple entities by their name without listing each one individually.

Etymologically, niminen comes from nimi (name) plus the suffix -nen to form an adjective meaning “named” or “bearing a name.” The plural partitive form nimisiä arises in natural usage when describing several items or people that are named, especially in descriptive or reportive contexts.