yhdistelminä

Yhdistelminä is a Finnish word-form used in grammar. It is the translative plural of yhdistelmä, a noun meaning "combination" or "hybrid." The translative case in Finnish is used to express a state, role, or function, often translated as "as" or "into" in English. For singular usage the form is yhdistelmäksi ("as a combination"). In standard modern Finnish, the common translative plural for yhdistelmä is yhdistelmiksi ("as combinations").

The form yhdistelminä is rare and is typically considered a nonstandard or historical variant, encountered primarily in linguistic discussions or dialectal texts rather than everyday language. When teaching Finnish grammar, yhdistelminä is cited as an example of how morphological suffixes interact with stem changes, illustrating that inflected forms may vary in attested corpora and that some forms are marginal. In usage notes, speakers are advised to prefer yhdistelmiksi in plural contexts and to treat yhdistelminä as a potential error or archaic form unless specified by a particular text or dialect.

See also: Finnish grammar, translative case, yhdistelmä.