Orgaanisina

Orgaanisina is a Finnish grammatical form that identifies a state or role of multiple items described as organic. It is the essive plural form of the adjective orgaaninen, meaning “as organic” or “in the form of organic [substances].” The form is commonly used in scientific and technical language to distinguish organic materials from inorganic ones.

In Finnish grammar, the essive case expresses a temporary state or role. The plural essive form of an adjective like orgaaninen takes the ending -isina, yielding orgaanisina for masculine or mixed-gender contexts. The phrase is typically used with nouns referring to substances or materials, such as yhdiste (compound) or aine (substance). For example, "orgaanisina yhdisteinä" means “as organic compounds,” and "orgaanisina ainesosina" means “as organic ingredients.”

Usage and context: The term appears in chemistry, biology, environmental science, and nutrition when contrasting organic with inorganic categories. It can modify plural nouns to indicate that several items are considered in an organic sense, rather than describing a single object. The corresponding singular form is orgaanisena, as in “orgaanisena yhdisteenä.”

Etymology: The word orgaaninen derives from the noun or root related to organ (in the sense of organic structure) and was adopted into Finnish scientific vocabulary, with the essive form orgaanisina following standard Finnish inflection patterns for adjectives in plural essive.

See also: orgaaninen, epäorgaaninen, orgaaniset yhdisteet, organinen/käännetty term variants in Finnish scientific writing.