Piirrosten

Piirrosten is the genitive plural form of the Finnish noun piirros, meaning a drawing or sketch. In everyday language the plural nominative is piirrokset, while piirtsrosten is used when the noun is linked to another word to express possession or association.

The genitive plural piirtrosten is commonly found in phrases such as piirrosten kokoelma (a collection of drawings), piirrosten värit (the colors of the drawings), or piirrosten tekijät (the authors of the drawings). It functions similarly to English phrases like “of the drawings” or “the drawings’ …” and is a standard grammatical construction in Finnish writing and speech.

Two related terms are piirros and piirustus. Piirros often refers to a drawing or sketch, sometimes informal or preliminary, whereas piirustus tends to denote a more formal or technical drawing. The plural forms differ accordingly: piirrokset and piirustukset, with their respective genitive plurals piirrosten and piirustusten. This distinction helps clarify the style or purpose of the artwork in descriptive text, catalogs, or academic analysis.

In practice, piirrosten is a versatile tool for organizing information about multiple drawings without repeating the head noun. It appears in art criticism, education, publishing, and design contexts, where discussions frequently refer to attributes, authorship, or collections of drawings.