arkipäivää

Arkipäivää is a Finnish noun in the partitive form arkipäivää, meaning a weekday or an ordinary day. It denotes a day within the regular working week that is not a weekend or a public holiday. In common usage arkipäivää typically refers to Monday through Friday, though the exact schedule can vary with work arrangements, school calendars, and national holidays.

Etymology and scope: The word is a compound of arki, meaning the ordinary or working part of the week, and päivä, meaning day. The concept contrasts with pyhäpäivä (public holiday) and viikonloppu (weekend). Arkipäivää can be used to distinguish routine days from holidays or special occasions in schedules and planning.

Usage and context: In calendars, timetables, and everyday speech, arkipäivää conveys the idea of regular daytime activities such as work or school. For many services and businesses, hours are described as typical during arkipäivinä, while operations may differ on holidays and weekends. The term is common in Finnish media, education, and administrative language when referring to the typical, non-holiday day.

See also: vardag (Swedish), weekday, pyhäpäivä, viikonloppu. In Finnish, arkipäivää and arkipäivä are related terms used to distinguish the ordinary working days from holidays and weekends.