Säiden

Säiden is the genitive plural form of the Finnish noun sää, meaning weather. It is not typically used as a standalone noun in everyday speech; rather, säiden appears mainly in phrases that refer to weather collectively or in compound expressions that relate to weather conditions. The form is most common in formal, literary, or fixed expressions.

In Finnish, säiden is formed from sää by adding the genitive plural suffix, signaling possession or relation to weather. Because it is a grammatical inflection rather than a separate lexical entry, its meaning depends on the surrounding words and the context in which it appears.

Usage of säiden tends to be concentrated in contexts dealing with weather patterns, seasonal variation, or poetic descriptions of the atmosphere. It can appear in compounds and constructions such as phrases describing changes, conditions, or influences attributed to weather. For example, combines with other nouns to convey notions like variation or state related to weather, though everyday speech more often uses the singular or more explicit terms such as sääolosuhteet (weather conditions) or sään mukaan (according to the weather) in common discourse.

Because säiden is a grammatical form rather than an independent concept, it is primarily of interest in studies of Finnish morphology and syntax, rather than as a separate lexical entry. See also sää, Finnish grammar, and genitive forms in Finnish.