Päivittäisiksi

Päivittäisiksi is a Finnish adjective form meaning “into daily (ones)” or “as daily (things).” It is the translative plural form of the adjective päivittäinen, which denotes something that happens every day or is part of daily routine. In Finnish, the translative case (-ksi) expresses a change of state or designation, roughly corresponding to “become” or “as.”

Morphology and use

Päivittäisiksi is formed from päivittäinen by the translative plural ending -isiksi. It is used with plural nouns to describe that the items, tasks, or practices have been designated, organized, or transformed into daily ones. For singular reference, the corresponding form is päivittäiseksi; singular usage is less common in everyday language but occasionally appears in formal writing when referring to a single item becoming daily.

Common contexts and collocations

The form frequently appears in planning, management, or policy language, where processes or activities are described as daily routines or measures. Examples of typical collocations include päivittäisiksi rutiineiksi (into daily routines) and päivittäisiksi toimenpiteiksi (into daily measures or actions).

Examples

Nämä tehtävät muuttuivat päivittäisiksi rutiineiksi. (These tasks became daily routines.)

Hankkeen toimenpiteet määriteltiin päivittäisiksi toimenpiteiksi. (The project’s measures were defined as daily measures.)

Notes

Päivittäisiksi is relatively common in formal Finnish; in everyday speech speakers may prefer adverbs like päivittäin to express frequency, or use erilaisia selityksiä to convey the sense of daily designation in a less fixed form. Etymologically, the form derives from päivä (day) with the -inen suffix and the translative -ksi ending.