yksilöitä

Yksilöitä is the plural partitive form of the Finnish noun yksilö, which means an individual or a single member of a set. The term is used across everyday language and specialized fields to denote a separate, identifiable unit within a larger group. It can refer to a person, an organism, a specimen, or any discrete entity that is analyzed or described on its own.

In biology, yksilö refers to a single organism within a population or sample, distinguished from other members of the same species. In the social sciences and statistics, the concept of an individual unit is central to analyses that focus on person-level or item-level data rather than aggregates.

The word is common in administrative, medical, and research contexts, where records or datasets are organized by individuals rather than by groups. In Finnish, grammatical forms of yksilö include yksilö (singular), yksilöt (nominative plural), yksilöiden (genitive plural), and yksilöitä (partitive plural), with the latter used when referring to an indeterminate or partial quantity of individuals, such as useita yksilöitä or monia yksilöitä.

Usage practices reflect the broader distinction between individuals and collectives: yksilöitä emphasizes the discrete, countable units within a population, while broader terms may focus on groups or categories. Overall, yksilö is a neutral, widely used term for talking about single members in a variety of contexts.