mursujen

Mursujen is the genitive plural form of mursu, the Finnish noun for the walrus. It is used to indicate possession or association, roughly translating to “of walruses” or “walruses’” in English. In Finnish, genitive plural forms appear when describing something that belongs to or relates to multiple individuals of a noun.

Etymology and usage: The base mursu refers to the Arctic pinniped Odobenus rosmarus. The nominative plural is mursut, and the genitive plural is mursujen. This form is common in scientific, descriptive, and journalistic Finnish when discussing aspects related to walruses, such as anatomy, habitat, or behavior. Examples include mursujen hampaat (walruses’ teeth), mursujen leuat (walruses’ jaws), and mursujen elinympäristö (walruses’ habitat).

Notes on grammar: The genitive plural mursujen typically precedes another noun that is possessed or characterized by walruses. It appears in phrases where the second noun or nominal phrase is the possessed or associated element, and the typical word order remains subject–verb–object with the genitive noun linking to the possessed term.

In summary, mursujen functions as a standard inflected form in Finnish to express “of walruses” or “walruses’,” enabling precise descriptions of things connected to walruses in scientific and descriptive writing.