keksien

Keksien is the genitive plural form of the Finnish noun keksi, meaning a cookie or biscuit. It is used to indicate possession, association, or relation to cookies, such as in phrases describing the cookies’ characteristics or situations involving cookies.

Linguistic notes: In Finnish, the genitive plural commonly ends with -ien for many nouns. Keksi follows this pattern, yielding keksien in the genitive plural. The form is typically used in written language and in contexts where one wants to talk about cookies as a group or as a possessive, for example in compound phrases like keksien valmistus (the making of cookies) or keksien tuoksu (the aroma of the cookies).

Usage examples:

- Keksien tuoksu täytti keittiön. (The aroma of the cookies filled the kitchen.)

- Keksien säilytys on tärkeää, jotta ne säilyvät rapeina. (The storage of the cookies is important to keep them crispy.)

- Lautaselle jätetyistä keksien osista syntyi makea jälkiruoka. (From the leftover cookies, a sweet dessert was made.)

Relation to other forms: The base form keksi contrasts with the plural nominative keksit (cookies) and with other cases like keksen (genitive singular) or keksejä (partitive form used in counting and some predicates). Keksien is specifically the genitive plural, used when speaking about cookies in terms of ownership, composition, or association.

See also: keksi, keksit, keksejä, kekseille.