Pareittaisista

Pareittaisista is a Finnish linguistic term referring to the elative plural form of the adjective pareittainen, which denotes something that is arranged or described in pairs. In practice, pareittaisista is used to talk about subsets, groups, or data that originate from or are characterized by pairing.

As a grammatical form, pareittainen means “paired” or “in pairs.” When converted to the elative plural, it becomes pareittaisista, which can function as an attributive modifier in phrases that describe origin or source, such as pareittaisista arvoista or pareittaisista ryhmistä. In these constructions, the adjective agrees in number, case, and definiteness with the noun it modifies, while conveying the idea that the items come from or pertain to pairs.

Usage and context

Pareittaisista appears primarily in formal or technical Finnish, including linguistic descriptions, statistical methods, and methodological writing. It is not commonly used in everyday speech, where more general forms like pareittain or other phrasing might be preferred. The term is most easily encountered in discussions of data organization, experimental design, or analyses that emphasize pairwise relationships.

Related terms

- Pareittain: an adverb meaning “in pairs.”

- Pareittainen: the base adjective meaning “paired” or “in pairs.”

- Pareittaiset: another inflectional form related to the same root, used in different grammatical contexts.

See also

Finnish grammar, pair concepts in statistics, and data arrangement terminology.