tähteitä

Tähteitä is a Finnish noun form referring to stars. It is the partitive plural of tähti, the word for a star or celestial body. The partitive plural is used in Finnish when the quantity is indefinite, non-specific, or part of a larger, non-countable image or action. In everyday speech the more common partitive plural for many speakers is tähtiä, but tähteitä is a recognized variant that appears in standard Finnish, especially in formal, lyrical, or older texts.

In usage, tähteä (singular) and its various inflected forms cover celestial beings as objects of observation, description, and discussion. The form tähteitä tends to occur in contexts where emphasis falls on an indefinite or collective notion of stars rather than on a definite, countable set. Finnish grammar allows such variations, and tähteitä can appear in poetry, literary prose, and some scholarly writing when the author aims for a particular rhythmic or stylistic effect.

Beyond astronomy, tähti as a concept carries metaphorical weight in Finnish culture, including associations with fame, guidance, and illumination. The inflected form tähteitä thereby participates in both factual discourse about the night sky and figurative language in literature.

Etymology traces tähti to the Finnic word for star, with tähteä and its plural forms arising through standard Finnish noun inflection. See also tähti, tähtitiede, and related phrases referencing stars and astronomy.