katteiden

Katteiden is a Finnish inflected form that serves as the genitive plural of the noun kate. The base noun kate carries several related senses, primarily referring to a coating or surface layer, and in horticultural contexts also to mulch or ground cover. The genitive plural katteiden is used to indicate possession or association with multiple coatings or coverings.

In practice, katteiden appears in phrases that discuss the characteristics or qualities of coatings. For example, katteiden laatu means the quality of the coatings, and katteiden paksuus refers to the thickness of the coatings. The term is therefore common in technical, agricultural, and construction-related language where multiple coatings or layers are involved.

Contexts and senses can vary with discipline. In horticulture and landscaping, kate often denotes mulches or ground coverings placed on soil to regulate moisture and weed growth, so katteiden may describe several mulch layers or different types of ground covers. In civil engineering or road construction, kate can refer to surface layers or protective coverings on a substrate, with katteiden describing multiple surface layers or materials used.

Morphology-wise, katteiden is the genitive plural form of katteet, the plural nominative of kate. Finnish noun inflection makes katteiden a typical example of how possessive or relational meanings are formed across a group of coatings or coverings.

See also: Finnish grammar, noun inflection, katteet (the plural nominative form), kate (the base noun with the senses of coating or covering).