vaikutuksina

Vaikutuksina is a Finnish noun form meaning “as effects” or “as effects of something.” It is the plural translative form of the noun vaikutus, which covers meanings such as influence, impact, or effect. The translative case is used in Finnish to express states or roles that something or someone takes on, roughly corresponding to “as” in English. Thus vaikutuksina is used when multiple effects are described in a summary or list.

In usage, vaikutuksina appears most often in formal or academic Finnish, particularly when authors enumerate several outcomes or consequences. It is common in reports, studies, and policy analyses to present a set of consequences “vaikutuksina,” for example when summarizing the impacts identified in a study. The singular counterpart is vaikutuksena (“as an effect”), and the base noun form for the plural is vaikutukset (“effects”).

Examples:

- Raportissa vaikutuksina mainittiin taloudelliset ja ympäristövaikutukset. (The report listed economic and environmental effects as effects.)

- Tutkimus fokusoitui vaikutuksina kahteen pääkysymykseen: terveyteen ja koulutukseen liittyviin vaikutuksiin. (The study focused on impacts as two main questions: health-related and educational effects.)

Etymology and related forms: vaikuttaa is the verb “to influence,” from which vaikutus (“influence, effect”) is derived. The word family also includes vaikutukset (plural nominative: effects) and vaikutuksena/vaikutuksiin, among other cases, reflecting standard Finnish case and number paradigms.

See also: vaikutus, vaikutukset, vaikutuksena, translatiivinen case.