Voitottomista

Voitottomista is a Finnish grammatical form that appears in discussions of draws or drawn outcomes, particularly in sports statistics and other quantitative contexts. The term is not a stand-alone concept in everyday language, but it is used in written reports to refer to the draws portion of results. In practice, Finnish speakers more often use tasapeli to mean a draw, while voitottomista surfaces in phrases that indicate “from draws,” “of draws,” or “the draws category.”

In sports statistics, voitottomista otteleista or voitottomista tuloksista may be used to describe data related to matches that ended without a win for either side. Common examples include phrases such as voitottomista otteluista kertynyt pistemäärä (the points accumulated from drawn matches) or voitottomista tuloksista koostuva sarja (a league composed of draws). The form is especially relevant in formal reporting or data tables where grammatical accuracy and precise attribution to a subset of results are required.

Etymologically, voitottomista is formed from the word voitto (victory) or the related adjective voitoton/voitottomuus, with the -sta/-stä suffix indicating a source or category in elative or similar constructions. Because Finnish uses case and particle endings to express relation, voitottomista functions to tie the concept of draws to a noun phrase in a sentence.

See also: tasapeli, voitto, häviö, tasapelit, tilastotieteen perusteet. Note that in ordinary speech, tasapeli is the standard term for a draw, while voitottomista mainly appears in written statistical descriptions or grammatical constructions.