päivittäiset

Päivittäiset is a Finnish adjective in its plural nominative form, meaning “daily” or “everyday” and used to describe nouns in plural. It functions to express frequent or routine occurrences that happen every day. In practice, it often appears in compound noun phrases such as päivittäiset tehtävät (daily tasks), päivittäiset tiedot (daily data), or päivittäiset uutiset (daily news).

Etymology and grammar: The word derives from the noun päivä (day) with the suffix -inen, forming päivätyinen or päivittäinen meaning related to days. The plural nominative form is päivittäiset. Finnish adjectives agree with the noun they modify in number and case, so other forms include päivittäisten (genitive plural), päivittäisiä (partitive plural), and so on, depending on the sentence structure. As a substantive, päivittäiset can refer to daily routines or daily contents in a context where the noun is understood from context.

Usage: Päivittäiset is common in contexts describing routines, schedules, and regularly occurring content. It appears across journalism, education, business, and everyday language to emphasize frequency or habitual nature. The term is typically paired with concrete nouns to specify what aspects occur daily.

Related forms: Päivittäinen (singular form, meaning daily), päivittäin (adverb meaning daily, every day), and päivittäminen (the act of daily updating or making something daily). These related terms help distinguish between describing frequency (adjective) and performing actions on a daily basis (verbs and adverbs).

Notes: While päiviittaiset may be used in various fields, the precise meaning depends on the noun it modifies and the grammatical case, keeping the core sense of “daily.”