ohuehkoiksi

ohuehkoiksi is a Finnish word form used in linguistic descriptions of Finnish morphology. It represents the plural translative form of the adjective ohuehko, meaning slender or thin. The translative expresses a change of state or a change into a new category, and the plural ending -iksi marks a plural subject.

Formation and function: The base adjective ohuehko takes the translative suffix -ksi to form ohuehkoiksi when the subject is plural. This construction is typically used with a plural subject and a verb of change, such as muuttu- (to become), to indicate a transformation into slenderness or a categorization as slender.

Usage: In everyday Finnish, ohuehkoiksi is specialized and most often encountered in grammatical descriptions, linguistic examples, or stylized writing. It is not common in ordinary speech, but it is a valid illustration of the translative plural in standard Finnish grammar.

Notes: The singular counterpart of the form is ohuehkoksi, used with a singular subject (for example, Hahmo muuttui ohuehkoksi, “the figure became slender”).ohuehkoiksi thus stands as the plural version for sentences involving multiple subjects undergoing a change into slenderness.

See also: Finnish grammar, translative case, adjective phrases, morphological alternations in Finnish.