Tarinoiden

Tarinoiden is the genitive plural form of tarina in Finnish. It marks a relationship to multiple stories and is used to indicate possession, source, or description in noun phrases and compound expressions rather than as a standalone noun.

In practice, tarinoiden appears in phrases such as tarinoiden kokoelma (a collection of stories), tarinoiden kirjoittajat (the authors of the stories), and tarinoiden alku (the beginning of the stories). The genitive plural serves a similar function to English "of the stories" and is used to connect the head noun with the stories to which it relates.

As a grammatical form, tarinoiden is part of Finnish noun inflection and is typically found within larger noun phrases. It can be used with both concrete and abstract senses of "stories," including collections, continuations, or attributions tied to multiple stories. For example, muinaisten tarinoiden kerääminen means collecting ancient stories, illustrating how tarinoiden can modify other nouns in a compound.

Etymology-wise, tarina is a native Finnish word meaning story or tale, and tarinoiden is its standard genitive plural form. The construction is commonplace in Finnish literary, journalistic, and everyday language when referring to more than one story or to stories as a set.