kehotusten

Kehotus is a Finnish noun meaning exhortation, urging, instruction, or prompt. Ke hotusten is the genitive plural form of kehotus, used when referring to multiple exhortations or prompts. The term is primarily a grammatical category in Finnish, but it also appears in ordinary prose to discuss the content, authority, or effect of exhortations in a text or speech.

Kehotus originates from the verb kehottaa, meaning to urge or exhort. The suffix -us turns the verb into a noun, and the genitive plural ending -sten marks possession or association with more than one exhortation: kehotusten.

In usage, kehotusten typically appears in formal or academic writing, policy documents, or rhetorical analysis. It signals that the discussion concerns more than one exhortation or prompt. For example, kehotusten vaikutus means the effect of the exhortations, and kehotusten lista means the list of exhortations. The form helps to attribute characteristics or actions to a set of prompts rather than to a single utterance.

Examples:

Kehotusten vaikutus tutkitaan kokeellisesti toisen tutkimusasetelman kontekstissa.

Dokumentin kehotusten lista on osa ohjeistusta ja sen käyttöönottoon liittyvää suunnitelmaa.

See also: kehotus, kehottaa.