naispuoliseen

Naispuoliseen is the illative singular form of the Finnish adjective naispuolinen, which means "female" or "of the female sex." The form is used when the modified noun is in the illative case, indicating movement toward or into something associated with the female gender. For example, in the phrase naispuoliseen ryhmään, the adjective and the noun both bear illative endings: the group is being referred to “to the female group.”

Grammatical notes: Naispuolinen behaves like other -inen adjectives in Finnish. The nominative singular is naispuolinen; the genitive singular is naispuolisen; the partitive singular is naispuolista. The illative singular is naispuoliseen. In phrases with nouns in illative, the adjective takes the illative ending to agree with the noun.

Usage and context: The term is common in biological, sociological, and statistical language to distinguish sex or gender. It is a neutral, descriptive descriptor and is paired with nouns such as ryhmä, yksilö, asema, or tutkimus. In everyday language, speakers may use more colloquial or context-dependent expressions; in formal writing, naispuolinen remains a standard option alongside gender-specific terms like miehpuolinen (male).

Example sentences: Tutkimus keskittyi naispuoliseen ryhmään kuuluvien vastaajien vastapuoliin. The study focused on respondents belonging to the female group. Kliininen analyysi tehtiin naispuoliseen kohderyhmään kohdentuen. In clinical analysis, the target was the female cohort.