Tarkoitukseksi

Tarkoitukseksi is a Finnish grammatical form derived from the noun tarkoitus, meaning purpose or aim. It uses the translative suffix -ksi to express a change of state, function, or role, so the phrase can be understood as “as the purpose” or “for the purpose of.” The form is most common in formal or technical language.

The word is typically used to designate how something is intended to be used or what role something is meant to fulfill. It answers questions like “for what purpose?” or “as what?” in a sentence. Because of its formal tone, tarkoitukseksi often appears in legal, policy, planning, or research texts, where authors specify the designated purpose of actions, resources, or documents. It can be used to describe how an item, procedure, or agreement should function within a given framework.

In terms of grammar, -ksi marks the translative case, which is one of the ways Finnish expresses becoming, transition, or designation. Related forms of the same root tarkoitus include other case endings such as essive or illative variants (for example, tarkoituksena or variants with -iin/-uun), which convey different nuances. The precise choice depends on the syntactic role and the surrounding verb or noun structure.

Translations of tarkoitukseksi are typically rendered in English as “as the purpose,” “as a purpose,” or “for the purpose of.” The term thus functions as a formal label for how something is intended to be used or what it is meant to achieve in a given context.