spesifisiä

Spesifisiä is a Finnish adjective form meaning specific or particular. It is the partitive plural form of the adjective spesifinen and is used to describe plural nouns in the partitive case, or with verbs that require a partitive object. In practice, spesifisiä signals that the referenced features, needs, or aspects are targeted or distinguished from general ones. The word is common in everyday language as well as in scientific, medical, educational, and technical contexts.

Etymology and grammar: Spesifinen is a loanword in Finnish, deriving from Latin specificus and spreading into many languages through European scientific vocabulary. In Finnish, spesifinen has several inflected forms, with spesifisiä functioning as the plural partitive form. This form is used when the noun it modifies is plural and the statement centers on an indefinite or partially quantified set of items, actions, or characteristics.

Usage and examples:

- Tutkimus kartoitti spesifisiä ominaisuuksia, jotka erottavat lajin muista. (The study identified specific properties that distinguish the species from others.)

- Koulutuksessa on huomioitava spesifisiä tarpeita eri oppijoiden mukaan. (Specific needs of different learners must be considered in education.)

- Spesifisiä sovelluksia kehitetään terveydenhuollon digitalisaatioon. (Specific applications are being developed for the digitalization of healthcare.)

See also: spesifinen, spesifisyys, specific (loanword and cognates in related languages).