hetkellisten

Hetkellisten is, in Finnish grammar, the genitive plural form of the adjective hetkellinen, meaning temporary or momentary. It is used to describe plural nouns in contexts that express temporariness, for example in phrases like hetkellisten ilmiöiden (of momentary phenomena).

Grammatical notes: Finnish adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in number and case. The base form is hetkellinen; the nominative plural is hetkelliset, and the genitive plural is hetkellisten. Thus, before a plural noun in genitive you would use hetkellisten, as in hetkellisten ilmiöiden. In other cases, the adjective takes the corresponding endings (hetkellisen in singular, hetkellisen in genitive singular, etc.).

Usage: The term is primarily found in scholarly or formal Finnish texts, rather than in everyday speech. It appears in linguistic, philosophical, or scientific discussions to describe phenomena or states that do not persist, such as transient events, brief processes, or evolving conditions.

Examples in context: "Hetkellisten ilmiöiden tutkimus" (the study of momentary phenomena). "Keskustelu keskittyy hetkellisten tapahtumien vaikutuksiin" (the discussion focuses on the effects of momentary events). "Hetkellisten olosuhteiden hallinta" (the management of transient conditions) demonstrates how the form can be used in compound phrases.

Context: While hetkellisten is intelligible to Finnish speakers with knowledge of grammar, it is not a common everyday term. It is most often encountered in linguistic description, academic writing, and contexts where temporariness or transience is a focal point.

See also: Finnish grammar; Finnish adjectives; genitive case; ephemeral phenomena.