Yksikköisiä

Yksikköisiä is a Finnish grammatical form that functions as the plural partitive inflection of the adjective yksikköinen. The word originates from the noun yksikkö meaning “unit” and the suffix -inen, which forms adjectives meaning “characterized by” or “made of.” When describing a plural noun in the partitive case, the adjective takes the form yksikköisiä.

In practice, yksikköisiä appears in phrases describing quantity or composition in terms of units. It is most commonly found in technical or logistical registers, where objects are specified as being unit-based or made up of units. For example, one might encounter expressions such as yksikköisiä kappaleita (unit-sized pieces) or yksikköisiä mittoja (unit-sized measures). The form agrees with the noun in number and case, following standard Finnish adjective agreement patterns.

Usage and context are important for interpretation. Yksikköisiä tends to appear when the emphasis is on unitization, standardization, or modularity, rather than on a qualitative description. In everyday language, more general phrases might be preferred, but yksikköisiä remains correct and informative in technical writing, manufacturing, inventory, and quality-control contexts.

Related topics include Finnish adjective declension, the partitive case, and terms related to units and measurements in Finnish. The term highlights how Finnish adjectives adapt their endings to reflect grammatical relations, particularly in contexts involving quantities and aggregated items.