Rajojen

Rajojen is the genitive plural form of the Finnish noun raja, which means border, boundary, or limit. In Finnish grammar, the genitive plural marks possession or relation to boundaries, so rajojen translates roughly as “of the borders” or “the borders’.” This form appears whenever a noun is connected to borders or limits in a way that indicates belonging, characteristic, or effect.

Rajojen is widely used in political, legal, geographical, and mathematical language. It commonly occurs in phrases describing actions on borders or limits. Examples include rajojen asettaminen (the setting of limits), ra­jojen poistaminen (the removal of restrictions), and ra­jojen tiukentaminen (the tightening of restrictions). In these constructions, raja and its genitive plural help specify what limits or borders are being discussed or modified.

In addition to its role in grammar, the base concept raja is central in geography for describing state or regional borders, and in mathematics or science for referring to boundary values or limits. The genitive plural rajojen thus functions as a grammatical tool to link such borders or limits to activities, characteristics, or authorities.

See also: raja, rajat, and the concept of the genitive in Finnish grammar.