Kolmitahoisen

Kolmitahoisen is the genitive form of the Finnish adjective kolmitahoinen, meaning three-tiered or having three levels. The adjective is formed from the number kolme (three) and the suffix -tahoinen, a productive pattern in Finnish used to describe objects with a certain number of layers, levels, or tiers.

The term is used in various contexts to describe both physical and conceptual structures. In architecture or design it can refer to a three-story or three-layered result, as in kolmitahoisen rakennuksen (a three-story building) or kolmitahoisen järjestelmän (a three-tier system). It can also describe non-physical arrangements, such as kolmitahoinen ratkaisu (a three-layered or three-stage solution) or kolmitahoisen analyysin (a three-tier analysis).

grammatically, kolmitahoisen agrees with the noun it modifies in case and number. It appears in any appropriate genitive singular form when the noun is in genitive, e.g., kolmitahoisen talon, kolmitahoisen kakun.

Related terms include kaksitahoinen (two-tiered) and monitasoinen (multi-level), which share the same suffix pattern and are used to describe the number of layers or levels in different objects or concepts. The choice among these terms depends on the intended number of tiers and the noun being described.

See also: kaksitahoinen, monitasoinen, kolmikerroksinen.