kuvaileviksi

Kuvaileviksi is a Finnish grammatical form that represents the translative plural of the adjective kuvaileva, which means descriptive or depictive. In Finnish, the translative case marks a change of state or function, and adjectives or participles can take a translative ending. The singular translative form is kuvailevaksi, while the plural translative form is kuvaileviksi. These forms are used to describe what a plural subject becomes or is categorized as.

Usage and examples

Kuvaileviksi is used when a plural noun phrase is described as having taken on a descriptive role or category. It frequently appears in academic, literary, or analytical writing where transformation or labeling is discussed. For example: Esineet muutettiin kuvaileviksi esimerkeiksi. (The objects were turned into descriptive examples.) or Tutkimuksen kohteet luokiteltiin kuvaileviksi ryhmiksi. (The targets of the study were classified as descriptive groups.) The form helps express a shift into a descriptive classification for multiple items.

Relationship to related forms

Kuvaileva is the base meaning “descriptive.” The singular translative kuvavevaksi (correct form: kuvailevaksi) expresses “into a descriptive one,” while the plural translative kuvaileviksi corresponds to “into descriptive ones.” An adverbial form is kuvailevasti, meaning “descriptively.” These forms are part of Finnish morphology that handles state or role changes across number.

See also

Finnish grammar, translative case, adjectives in Finnish, participles, descriptive language.