Peilejä

Peilejä is the partitive plural form of the Finnish noun peili, which means mirror. In Finnish, peilejä is used when referring to an indefinite or partial quantity of mirrors, or in sentences that express amount with quantifiers such as useita, paljon, tai monia. It is distinct from the nominative plural peilit, which simply means “mirrors” as a subject.

Usage and examples. Peilejä appears in contexts describing quantity rather than as a direct subject. For example, expressions like minulla on useita peilejä (I have several mirrors) or käytän paljon peilejä (I use many mirrors) employ the partitive plural form. The form allows speakers to indicate non-specific or collective quantities, and it often occurs after numerals or quantity words that trigger the partitive case.

Etymology and related forms. The Finnish word peili is a native Finnic term for a reflective surface and is used widely in everyday language. It is related to cognates in other Finnic languages, such as Estonian peegel (mirror). The plural partitive peilejä reflects Finnish morphology for expressing partial quantities of countable nouns.

See also. Peili, Finnish for mirror; Finnish grammar and noun inflection; Estonian peegel as a related Finnic term.