muuttumisiksi

Muuttumisiksi is a Finnish morphological form. It is the translative plural of the noun muuttuminen, which means change or transformation. The translative case expresses becoming into something or acting as that thing. In the plural, the form muuttumisiksi can be translated roughly as “into changes” or “as changes,” referring to several outcomes, states, or forms resulting from a process.

Formation: The base word is muuttuminen. The singular translative is muuttumiseksi (into a change). The plural translative is muuttumisiksi (into changes or as changes). The stem before the ending is muuttumis-, and the suffix -iksi marks the translative meaning. This construction follows Finnish patterning for translative plural forms of nouns derived from verbs.

Usage: Muuttumisiksi is most common in formal or analytical writing, such as linguistics, philosophy, or social sciences, where phenomena are described as being transformed into multiple forms or states. It is typically used with verbs that indicate interpretation or categorization, for example in phrases like “Näiden ilmiöiden voidaan katsoa muuttumisiksi” (These phenomena can be regarded as changes). The form signals a shift in appraisal or description, treating the subject as cases of change rather than as fixed entities.

See also: Related terms include muuttuminen (the act of changing), muuttua (to change), and the notion of the translative case in Finnish grammar (translatiivin tausta). Muuttumisiksi thus functions as a specialized grammatical tool for discussing transformations in the plural.