tyyleiksi

Tyyleiksi is a Finnish inflected form of the noun tyyli, meaning style. It is the translative plural form, used to express a change into multiple styles or into styles in general. In Finnish grammar, the translative case marks a process of becoming, so tyyleiksi indicates that something is transformed into styles rather than simply described as styles.

In practical use, tyyleiksi appears with verbs of change, such as muuttaa (to change into) or muuttua (to become). For example, one might say that a design or brand identity was changed into tyyleiksi to reflect new aesthetic directions, or that an appearance was transformed tyyleiksi to emphasize minimalism. The phrase mihin tyyleiksi? can be used to ask into which styles something is being transformed.

The meaning nuance of tyyleiksi is closely linked to transformation and emergence of styles, rather than a static label. It often occurs in design, fashion, media, and branding contexts, where a concept, appearance, or set of guidelines is reorganized into a set of distinct styles.

Related forms include tyylin (genitive singular of tyyli), tyyliksi (singular translative), and tyylit (nominative plural). The root tyyli carries senses of fashion, method, or approach, and tyyleiksi expands this to multiple stylistic outcomes in a changing process.

See also: tyyli, tyylit, translatiivinen case.