Perustuksien

Perustuksien is a Finnish inflected form derived from the noun perustukset, which can mean either foundations (in construction) or base principles (in more abstract or legal contexts). The form is used in sentences to relate multiple foundations or bases to another element, similar to how other Finnish nouns change shape across cases and numbers.

In architectural and civil engineering language, perustukset refers to the physical foundations of a building or structure. When appearing as perustuksien in a sentence, it typically marks a relationship to the foundations, such as possession or description, for example in phrases describing characteristics, measurements, or activities related to the foundations.

In legal and political contexts, the root perustus can also refer to a fundamental basis or underlying principle. In such uses, perustukset might appear in discussions about the foundational elements of a system or framework, though more common collocations for constitutional contexts use forms such as perustuslaki and perustuslakien for phrases like “the constitutions of” or “the constitutional foundations.”

The word form aligns with Finnish noun inflection patterns, where endings shift to express number, case, and possession. Perustuksien is one of several forms that show plural reference to the base noun, with other common forms including perustukset (nominative plural) and perustusten (genitive plural) depending on the grammatical role in the sentence.

See also: perustukset, perustus, perustuslaki.