Sivujen

Sivujen is the genitive plural form of the Finnish noun sivu, meaning a page in a book, document, or webpage. It is used to indicate possession or relation to multiple pages, for example sivujen sisältö (“the content of the pages”) or sivujen määrä (“the number of pages”).

Grammatically, sivu is a common Finnish noun. The nominative plural is sivut; the genitive plural is sivujen; the partitive plural is sivuja. This follows standard Finnish noun inflection, where the genitive plural sivujen is used to modify other nouns in phrases such as sivujen rakenne (the structure of the pages), sivujen numerointi (page numbering), or sivujen sisältö (the content of the pages). In many contexts, sivu can refer to either a physical page or a webpage, and sivujen governs the related noun accordingly.

Usage notes include that sivujen appears in both printed and digital contexts. In web terminology, sivu often translates to “page,” so sivujen can denote the pages of a site. The distinction between sivujen and sivut hinges on grammatical case: sivujen marks a relation to the pages, while sivut simply denotes the pages as a plural noun.

Etymology: sivu is a native Finnish word, used broadly to denote a surface, page, or side. The genitive plural sivujen is formed through standard Finnish inflection by adding the appropriate ending to the stem sivu-.