isiä

isiä is a Finnish word form that functions as the partitive plural of the noun isä, meaning “father.” Finnish nouns decline for number and case, and isiä appears when the direct object is indefinite or part of a larger measurement or quantity, or in negative clauses.

Forms related to isä include isän (genitive singular), isää (partitive singular), isät (nominative plural), isien (genitive plural), and isiä (partitive plural). The form isiä is used in sentences where the object is not specified or is only partially defined. For example, haluan tavata isiä means “I would like to meet fathers,” and olen nähnyt isiä means “I have seen fathers.” In many contexts, the direct object in Finnish can take the partitive form to mark indefiniteness or non-completion.

Etymology and usage context: isä is the native Finnish word for father, and isiä belongs to its inflectional pattern within standard Finnish grammar. The partitive plural isiä should not be confused with the genitive plural isien, which serves a different grammatical role (often indicating “of the fathers” or ownership in a plural sense).

In summary, isiä is a grammatical form used in Finnish to refer to fathers in a partitive plural sense. It does not denote a separate concept or entity beyond its role in sentence structure, but it is a common and essential form for expressing indefinite or non-fixed quantities of fathers in different contexts.