ohjeellisina

Ohjeellisina is a Finnish grammatical form that denotes something is to be considered as guidelines or instructions. It functions as the essive plural of the adjective ohjeellinen and is used to express the role or state of objects being treated as guidelines rather than as mandatory rules.

Morphology and meaning: The base is the noun ohje (instruction, guideline) combined with the adjectival suffix -ellinen to form ohjeellinen (instructional, guideline-related). The essive plural suffix -ina/-inä yields ohjeellisina, which means “as guidelines” or “in the capacity of guidelines” when describing multiple items. The form is typically used with a following noun in plural or as a predicative complement in sentences.

Usage: Ohjeellisina is common in formal, administrative, and academic Finnish where materials, procedures, or statements are presented as guidance. It can appear attributively with a plural noun (ohjeellisina pidettävät asiakirjat) or predicatively (Nämä käytännöt esitetään ohjeellisina). It signals advisory status rather than legal binding force and should be distinguished from the related adjective form ohjeellinen or the adverbial form ohjeellisesti.

Examples:

- Nämä ohjeellisina pidettävät asiakirjat jaettiin henkilöstölle.

- Käytännöt esitetään ohjeellisina, mutta niiden noudattaminen on suositeltavaa.

- Ohjeellisina pidettyjen kriteerien mukaan toiminta on suositeltavaa.

See also: Finnish grammar, essive case, adjective morphology, ohjeellinen.