Näyttelyiden

Näyttely on Finnish noun meaning an exhibition, show, or display. Näyttelyiden is the genitive plural form of näyttey, used to denote possession or relation to more than one exhibition, roughly translating to “of the exhibitions” or “the exhibitions’.” In Finnish grammar, the genitive plural of many nouns ending in -ly is formed with the suffix -iden, which is why näytteyiden becomes näyttelyiden.

The form näyttelyiden appears in contexts such as official statements, articles, and museum or gallery descriptions. Examples include: museon näyttelyiden aikataulu (the schedule of the museum’s exhibitions), näyttelyiden kävijämäärät (the attendance of the exhibitions), and näyttelyiden sarjat (the series of exhibitions). It is used whenever multiple exhibitions are being referred to in a possessive or relational sense. The corresponding nominative plural is näytte- ly t (näyttelyt), and the singular genitive is näyttelyn (of the exhibition).

Finnish speakers distinguish clearly between näyttelyiden and related forms: näyttelyt (exhibitions), näyt- telyn (of the exhibition), and näyt- töjä (exhibitions as a direct object in the partitive). Näyttelyiden appears most often in written Finnish—such as museum catalogs, press releases, and academic writing—where precise reference to multiple exhibitions is needed.