passiivisia

Passiivisia is the partitive plural form of the Finnish adjective passiivinen, used to describe nouns in the partitive case or to indicate a non-specific quantity. In Finnish grammar, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in number and case, so the form passiivisia appears when the noun is plural and in the partitive case.

In ordinary usage, passiivisia describes things that are in or relate to the passive voice or passive constructions. It is common in linguistic explanations and in descriptions of text or sentences that employ the passive form. For example, passiivisia muotoja means passive forms, and passiivisia lauseita refers to passive sentences. The form is typical for adjectives ending in -inen when they modify plural nouns in the partitive case.

Relation to related terms: passiivinen is the adjective meaning “passive,” while passiivi (the noun) refers to the passive voice or passive construction as a grammatical category. Passiivisia, therefore, is not a standalone noun but a grammatical inflection used in phrases where the modified noun is plural and in the partitive case, or in similar syntactic contexts requiring partitive agreement.

Examples:

- Lauseet sisältävät passiivisia muotoja. (The sentences contain passive forms.)

- Tekstissä on passiivisia rakenteita. (The text has passive constructions.)

- Hän kirjoitti passiivisia lauseita. (He wrote passive sentences.)

See also: passiivi, passiivinen, Finnish grammar, partitive case.