Festivaalin

Festivaalin is the genitive singular form of the Finnish noun festivaali, meaning "festival." It signals possession or association and is used to describe something related to a specific festival.

In ordinary usage, festivaalin appears in noun phrases such as festivaalin ohjelma (the festival’s program), festivaalin järjestäjä (the festival’s organizer), or festivaalin aikana (during the festival). Like other Finnish genitives, it marks a relationship where the second noun is linked to the festival. The form is part of a broader decline system where nominative singular would be festivaali, and other cases shift the ending accordingly. The genitive plural of festivaali is festivaalien, used to express ownership or association with multiple festivals.

Etymology and scope: festivaali is a loanword meaning “festival,” adopted into Finnish from a European language, typically linked to English or French terms for festival. The genitive form festivaalin is a regular inflectional variant used in many contexts to attribute something to the festival or to indicate the festival’s characteristics, events, or effects.

See also: related forms include festivaali (the base noun), festivaalit (the plural nominative), and festivaalien (the genitive plural). The term is commonly found in journalism, event programs, and cultural writing where specific festivals and their components are described.