mineraaleiksi
Mineraaleiksi is the Finnish translative plural form of the noun mineraali ("mineral"). In Finnish grammar the translative case, marked by the suffix -ksi, expresses change of state, transformation, or designation; the plural form mineraaleiksi therefore conveys the meaning "into minerals" or "as minerals" when referring to multiple items.
Formation and usage: the base noun mineraali takes the plural stem mineraale- to which the translative suffix
Etymology and pronunciation: the root mineraali is a loanword from international scientific vocabulary (via Swedish and
Related forms: the singular translative is mineraaliksi ("into/for a mineral"), the nominative plural is mineraalit, and
Contexts: the form appears in geology, soil science, biogeochemistry and everyday language when discussing transformations of