hedelmällisiä

Hedelmällisiä is the plural partitive form of the Finnish adjective hedelmällinen, which means fertile, fruitful or productive. The term is used to describe organisms, populations or biological material that are capable of producing offspring or viable seeds. In general usage, hedelmällisiä describes entities with reproductive potential or seed production, as opposed to sterile or infertile counterparts.

In botanical contexts, hedelmällinen refers to plants that can produce viable seeds and complete their reproductive cycle. In zoological and agricultural contexts, the term describes individuals or populations that are capable of reproduction, contributing to breeding programs, population persistence or crop yields. The noun hedelmällisyys denotes fertility or fecundity, the property of being able to reproduce.

Morphology and usage: hedelmällisiä is the plural partitive form used to modify a plural noun, for example hedelmällisiä kasveja (fertile plants) or hedelmällisiä yksilöitä (fertile individuals). The form reflects Finnish grammar where adjectives agree in number and case with the noun they describe. In contrast, hedelmättömät or steril refers to non-fertile or sterile individuals; hedelmällisyys emphasizes the capacity for reproduction rather than the act itself.

Etymology: hedelmällinen combines hedelmä or hedelmä (fruit) with the suffix -llinen, meaning “bearing” or “having.” The word has extended to a broader biological sense of fertility beyond actual fruit production.

See also: fertility, fecundity, hedelmällisyys, sterile.