Päätösten

Päätösten is the genitive plural form of the Finnish noun päätös, meaning a decision or resolution. It is used to express possession or a relationship to multiple decisions, for example in phrases like useiden päätösten vaikutukset (the effects of several decisions) or päätösten toimeenpano (the implementation of the decisions). The form appears in formal and written Finnish, particularly in administrative, legal, and organizational contexts.

Morphology and related forms: The base is päätös. Singular forms include nominative päätös, genitive päätöksen, and partitive päätöstä. The plural forms are nominative päätökset, genitive päätösten, and partitive päätöksiä. Päätösten specifically functions as the genitive plural, used to modify another noun or to indicate possession or association with more than one decision.

Usage and contexts: In Finnish, päätös refers to a formal decision issued by an authority, council, board, court, or similar body. Päätösten appears when discussing multiple decisions or when linking to another term in a noun phrase, such as päätösten vaikutukset, päätösten toteuttaminen, or hallituksen päätösten toimeenpano. The genitive plural is common in policy reports, legal documents, and governance discussions, where authors describe the consequences, implementation, or scope of several decisions.

See also: päätös (the singular form and general concept of a decision). Päätösten as a grammatical form is part of Finnish noun declension, illustrating how possession and relational phrases function in the language.