karkeiden

Karkeiden is the genitive plural form of the Finnish adjective karkeat, meaning rough or coarse. In Finnish, adjectives agree with the nouns they describe in number and case, and the genitive plural ending for adjectives is typically -en, yielding forms such as karkeiden.

Formation and usage: The form karkeiden appears when the noun it describes is in the genitive plural, forming phrases that express a possessive or qualitative relation. For example, in the phrase karkeiden tuotteiden laatua, the adjective karkeiden describes the plural noun tuotteiden (genitive plural of tuote, product) and the entire phrase means “the quality of rough products.” This pattern is common in formal or descriptive Finnish, especially in written prose or technical contexts.

Examples:

- Karkeiden tuotteiden laatua arvioidaan. (The quality of rough products is being evaluated.)

- Karkeiden sanojen merkitys voi olla tulkinnanvaraista. (The meaning of rough words can be ambiguous.)

See also: Finnish grammar, Finnish adjectives, Finnish noun declension.