Lautasen

Lautasen is the genitive singular form of the Finnish noun lautanen, meaning plate or dish. In Finnish, the genitive case marks possession or association, so lautasen is used to refer to something of or related to a plate.

Grammatical usage of lautasen follows standard Finnish noun decline. It appears in phrases describing a property, location, or relation involving a plate, such as lautasen reuna (the edge of the plate), lautasen väri (the color of the plate), or lautasen päällä (on the plate). The form is not a separate word with its own meaning; it is the possessive/genitive form of lautanen.

Examples:

Lautasen reuna on rikki. (The edge of the plate is broken.)

Lautasen väri on sininen. (The color of the plate is blue.)

Leipä on lautasen päällä. (The bread is on top of the plate.)

Kissa on lautasen alla. (The cat is under the plate.)

Etymology and morphology: The base lautanen is formed from lauta (board) with the suffix -nen to create an object name meaning a thing related to a plate. The genitive suffix -n yields lautasen in the singular. The plural genitive form is lautasten, used for “of the plates” or similar plural associations.

In summary, lautasen is a common Finnish grammatical form used to express relationships involving a plate, such as possession, origin, or association, and is routinely found in everyday speech and writing.