tuulien

tuulien is the genitive plural form of the Finnish noun tuuli, meaning wind. It is used to refer to winds collectively or to describe wind belonging to or produced by something. In phrases such as “tuulien voima” (the power of the winds) or “tuulien suunta” (the direction of the winds), tuulien functions as a possessive or descriptive element within a noun phrase.

In Finnish grammar, tuulien is the genitive plural; the singular genitive is tuulen, and the nominative plural is tuulet. The form tuulien is formed by the genitive plural suffix -ien to the stem tuul-, following the regular inflection patterns of nouns in this word class.

Usage and style: tuulien appears primarily in written language, including descriptive prose, poetry, and meteorological or technical texts that reference wind systems. In everyday speech, speakers typically use tuulen for singular possession or tuulet for the plural nominative, depending on the syntactic role.

Etymology: tuuli means wind, and tuulien is the standard genitive plural form in modern Finnish, reflecting historical inflection patterns of this class of words.

Examples: tuulien voima, tuulien suunta, tuulien yhdistelmät.

See also: tuuli; tuulen; tuulet; tuulivoima.