ravitsevien

Ravitsevien is the genitive plural form of the Finnish adjective ravitseva, which means nourishing or nutritious. It functions as an attributive modifier when the noun it describes is in genitive plural, expressing “of nutritious” or simply the sense of nutrition in possessive constructions. A typical example is ravitsevien ruokien, meaning “of nutritious foods” or, in context, “nutritious foods” with a plural noun in the genitive. The form illustrates Finnish adjective agreement, where the ending -ien marks genitive plural for adjectives that modify a plural genitive noun.

Formation and usage: The base adjective ravitseva becomes ravitsevien in the genitive plural. This occurs before plural nouns such as ruokien (genitive plural of ruoka/ruoat). In everyday Finnish, ravitsevien is common in discussions of nutrition, diet, recipes, and food labeling. It cannot stand alone; it must modify a noun in genitive plural or appear as part of a larger noun phrase, for example: ravitsevien ruokien koostumus (the composition of nutritious foods) or ravitsevien lisäaineiden vaikutus (the effect of nutritious additives).

Notes: Ravitsevien is not a separate lexical item but one inflected form of ravitseva. Related forms include ravitseva (nominative singular) and ravitsevat (nominative plural). Etymologically, ravitseva comes from the verb ravita “to nourish” with the -va suffix that forms a qualitative adjective.

See also: ravitseva, ravitsemus, ravinto, ruoka.