puutarhoiksi

Puutarhoiksi is the translative plural form of the Finnish noun puutarha, meaning garden. In Finnish grammar, the translative case expresses a change of state or designation, often translated as into or as in English. Therefore puutarhoiksi signals that something is becoming, being used as, or designated as gardens in a plural sense.

The form is used when describing a transformation or assignment in which multiple areas or spaces are converted into gardens, or when something is described as being used as gardens. It is created by taking the plural stem puutarhat and adding the translative suffix to yield puutarhoiksi. This contrasts with the singular form puutarhaksi, which would mean into a garden.

Examples help illustrate usage. For instance, "Projektissa vanha tila on muutettu puutarhoiksi" means “In the project, the old estate has been converted into gardens.” Another example is "Hänen suunnitelmansa on muuttaa tilan puutarhoiksi," meaning “Her plan is to transform the site into gardens.” A third example is "Tilan käyttötarkoitus on puutarhoiksi," which can be translated as “The intended use is as gardens.”

Etymology notes: puutarha means garden, and its plural translative form puutarhoiksi is a standard Finnish grammatical form for indicating a change of state or function to multiple gardens. The word is related to other Nordic terms for garden in the broader family of Germanic-influenced vocabulary, and it appears frequently in contexts such as urban planning, architecture, and landscape design in Finnish texts. Related topics include the base noun puutarha and the general concept of the translative case in Finnish grammar.