eitilastollisiksi

Eitilastollisiksi is a Finnish grammatical form used to designate a transformation or designation of something as non-statistical. It is formed from the negation prefix ei-, the adjective tilastollinen meaning statistical, and the translative suffix -ksi in its plural form. The term is mainly found in technical, academic, or policy writing rather than everyday language.

Morphology and meaning: Eitilastollisiksi is the plural translative form of eitilastollinen; the singular counterpart is eitilastolliseksi, meaning “into a non-statistical state.” The translative suffix -ksi marks a change of state or designation, for example muutos tilastolliseksi (to become statistical) or eitilastollisiksi (to become non-statistical). The prefix ei- negates tilastollinen, yielding “not statistical” in combination with the translative.

Usage: In Finnish statistics and social science writing, eitilastollisiksi is used to describe items, data, or classifications that are treated as non-statistical, or to indicate that a process has been modified to remove or avoid statistical treatment. Examples: Mittausmenetelmä muutettiin eitilastolliseksi, meaning the measurement method was changed to a non-statistical form; Raportin osiot esitettiin eitilastollisiksi, meaning sections of the report were presented as non-statistical. The form is relatively uncommon outside specialized discourse.

See also: tilastollinen, ei- prefix in Finnish, translative case -ksi.