puutarhurin

Puutarhurin is the genitive singular form of the Finnish noun puutarhuri, meaning gardener. In Finnish, the genitive expresses possession or close association, so puutarhurin translates as “the gardener’s” or “of the gardener.” It is used before another noun to form possessive phrases, for example, puutarhurin kukat (the gardener’s flowers) or puutarhurin työ (the gardener’s work).

The base noun puutarhuri is formed from puutarha (garden) plus the agent suffix -uri, indicating a person who tends or works in a garden. Finnish uses inflection rather than articles to show possession, so possessive phrases rely on the genitive ending rather than a separate possessive marker.

Examples in use include: Puutarhurin puutarha on kaunis. (The gardener’s garden is beautiful.) Puutarhurin neuvoa kuunneltiin tarkasti. (The gardener’s advice was followed carefully.)

Notes:

- The plural possessive form of puutarhuri is puutarhureiden (the gardeners’).

- Puutarhuri-related terms include puutarha (garden) and kasvi (plant).