Vaikutustensa

Vaikutustensa is a Finnish grammatical form that functions as a possessive construction related to the noun vaikutus, meaning effect or influence. The word is formed by combining vaikutus with the possessive suffix that marks ownership by a third person or a collective group. In usage, vaikutu— plus the possessive ending—produces a phrase that translates roughly to “their effects” or “the effects of them,” depending on context.

In Finnish, possession is expressed through inflection attached to the noun. Vaikutustensa specifically signals that the effects belong to a subject or group referenced in the surrounding text. The exact interpretation—whether singular or plural ownership, and whether the possessor is a single entity described as a collective or multiple actors—depends on the broader sentence and discourse. Vaikutustensa contrasts with other related forms such as vaikutuksensa, which can indicate possession by a single owner, and vaikuttusten (genitive plural) as a stem-based variant used in different syntactic environments.

Common contexts for vaikustensa appear in formal or analytical Finnish, including academic writing, policy reports, and legal or administrative prose, where authors discuss consequences, influences, or outcomes attributed to organizations, committees, or groups rather than to an individual. Since Finnish possession and number are encoded within the word’s form, readers rely on context to determine the exact ownership.

See also: vaikutus, vaikutukset, vaikutuksensa, vaikuttaminen.