emävyys
Emävyys is a Finnish noun that denotes the state or quality of being a female parent, i.e., a dam, or having maternal characteristics. The word is formed from emä (female parent, dam) and the abstract-noun suffix -vyys, which signals a quality or condition.
The term is mainly used in specialized contexts such as animal breeding, genetics, and farm management. In
In everyday Finnish, emävyys is uncommon and may be replaced by more general terms such as äitiys
Overall, emävyys is a neutral, technical term primarily encountered in discussions of animal reproduction and breeding