pohjien

Pohjien is the genitive plural form of the Finnish noun pohja, and refers to “of the bases” or “of the foundations.” Pohja means base, bottom, or foundation and is used in many contexts. Pohjien is used in phrases describing multiple bases or foundational elements, and appears in both technical and everyday Finnish.

In geology and geography, pohja denotes a seabed or riverbed, as in meren pohja (the seabed) or joen pohja (the riverbed). In construction and engineering, pohja can refer to the foundation or footing that supports a structure, with phrases such as pohjan vakaus (the stability of the foundations) or pohjien rakennus (the construction of the bases) appearing in technical writing. In design or cooking, pohja can also mean a base layer or crust, for example piirakkapohja (pie crust); discussions of multiple base layers may use pohjien in possessive phrases.

In Finnish grammar, pohja has nominative plural pohjat and genitive singular pohjan and genitive plural pohjien. The form pohjien is thus a standard genitive plural used to indicate possession or relation involving more than one base.

The term is neutral and common in Finnish texts spanning geography, engineering, and everyday language. It is typically a common noun rather than a proper name, and its precise meaning is determined by context.