Kiväärin

Kiväärin is the genitive singular form of the Finnish noun kivääri, meaning rifle. In Finnish, the genitive singular is used to indicate possession or association, and kiväärin appears in phrases such as kiväärin kaliberi (the rifle’s caliber) or kiväärin omistaja (the rifle’s owner).

A kivääri is a shoulder-fired firearm with a rifled bore designed for increased accuracy at longer ranges. Modern rifles come in several action types, including bolt-action, semi-automatic, and lever-action, and they are used in hunting, sport shooting, and various military and policing contexts. The term kivääri is common in technical, legal, and descriptive writing about firearms.

Grammatically, kiväärin demonstrates the standard Finnish noun inflection: the base nominative is kivääri, and the genitive singular is kiväärin. The genitive plural form is kiväärien. The word is typically used in contexts that require possession or attribution of characteristics to the rifle, but in everyday speech speakers often refer to the firearm by kivääri and rephrase ownership or relation as needed.

Etymology notes are limited in common sources; the precise origin of kivääri is not firmly established, but the form has long been used in Finnish to denote rifles and rifle-related concepts. In practice, kiväärin functions as a grammatical tool to express “of the rifle” or “the rifle’s …” in compound phrases and descriptive clauses.