tarvitseviksi

Tarvitseviksi is a Finnish grammatical form derived from the present active participle tarvitseva, meaning “needing,” of the verb tarvita “to need.” The suffix -ksi marks the essive case, and in the plural this becomes -iksi, yielding tarvitseviksi. The form can be translated roughly as “as those who need” or “for those who need,” and it expresses a role or identity of a group rather than an individual.

Usage of tarvitseviksi is mainly linguistic and descriptive. It appears in grammar descriptions and theoretical discussions about Finnish morphology, and it is rarely used in everyday speech. When communicating more naturally, speakers typically use paraphrases such as ne, jotka tarvitsevat (those who need) or phrases like tarveessa olevat (those in need) to express similar ideas.

Relation to Finnish grammar and meaning is that tarvitseviksi demonstrates how Finnish can combine a participial stem with the essive plural suffix to label a group by a characteristic. It is one of several -ksi/-iksi constructions used to denote role or identity, and it is generally considered a niche or scholarly term rather than a common component of everyday language.