koulupäivien

Koulupäivien is the genitive plural form of the Finnish noun koulupäivä, meaning a school day. It is used in Finnish to indicate possession or association with a set of days, often in phrases that describe quantities or characteristics of those days. In English, it corresponds to “of school days” or, in context, to expressions such as “the school days’ [something].”

In Finnish grammar, the genitive plural is used to modify another noun or to specify a portion of a larger whole. Therefore koulupäivien appears in contexts like koulupäivien määrä (the number of school days), koulupäivien pituus (the length of the school days), or koulupäivien alkaminen (the start of the school days). The form signals that the noun it modifies is a subset of school days rather than a single day.

Common usage and role in texts: the term is typically found in educational calendars, policy documents, and school reports, where authors discuss schedules, holidays, or the duration of instruction. It is not a standalone concept, but a grammatical form that enables precise expression about school days within larger statements.

Translations and related terms: the base word koulupäivä is a compound of koulu (school) and päivä (day). Related phrases include koulupäivien lyhentäminen ( shortening of school days) and koulupäivien määrä (the number of school days).

See also: Finnish grammar, genitive case, noun phrases.