intiimejä

Intiimejä is the partitive plural form of the Finnish adjective intiimi, meaning intimate or private. In Finnish, adjectives decline to agree with the noun they describe, so intiimejä is used before plural nouns in the partitive case. The sense can cover private moments, relationships, memories, or experiences as well as items of intimate apparel when the context is clothing.

Etymology and usage: intiimi derives from the French intime, itself from the Latin intimus, meaning innermost or closest. In everyday language, intiimejä commonly describes things that are personal or private. It can refer to abstract ideas such as memories or moments, as in intiimejä muistoja (intimate memories) or intiimejä hetkiä (private moments). It is also used with material things, notably in fashion or retail to describe intimate apparel, such as intiimejä alusvaatteita (lingerie or underwear).

Grammatical notes: intiimejä functions as an adjective in the partitive plural and typically precedes a plural noun. Examples include intiimejä muistoja, intiimejä hetkiä, or intiimejä alusvaatteita. When referring to a broader category, compound forms like intiimit alusvaatteet are common, with intiimi describing the type and alusvaatteet naming the items.

See also: intiimi (intimate), intiimiyden (privacy/relational context), alusvaatteet (underwear).

Intiimejä appears in literary, media, and everyday Finnish to denote privacy, closeness, or items associated with intimate life, always in a neutral or descriptive tone.