Seitsemää

Seitsemää is the partitive singular form of the Finnish cardinal number seven (seitsemän). In Finnish, numerals from two to nine typically govern the following noun in the partitive singular, so when seven is used to quantify a noun, the numeral takes the form seitsemää and the noun appears in its partitive case (for example, seitsemää päivää, seitsemää kappaletta, seitsemää erilaista vaihtoehtoa).

Usage in sentences is common in contexts that express indefinite quantity, duration, or partiality. For example, Seitsemää päivää on kulunut, meaning “seven days have passed,” and Seitsemää erilaista vaihtoehtoa tarjolla, meaning “seven different options available.” The pattern also occurs with other countable nouns, such as Seitsemää kappaletta tätä tuotetta or Seitsemää erilaista vaihtoehtoa.

Morphology and grammar notes: seitsemää is the standard partitive form used with a wide range of nouns in partitive constructions. This form contrasts with seitsemän, which is the nominative/genitive form of the numeral and is used in other syntactic positions (for example, as a determiner or in phrases that do not require the noun to be in the partitive). The use of seitsemää aligns with Finnish rules for numerals 2–9 governing the noun in partitive singular.

Etymology and related forms: seitsemää derives from the base numeral seitsemän, with phonological and inflectional adjustments for the partitive case. It is one of several quantitative inflections used with Finnish numerals to modify nouns.

See also: Finnish numerals, Finnish grammar, Partitive case.