Lopetukset

Lopetukset is the plural form of lopetus, a Finnish word that means end, termination, or closing. The term is used in several contexts, most prominently in language and grammar, but also in administrative, business, and technical areas to describe the ending of something.

In linguistics, lopetukset refer to the endings or suffixes that attach to word stems to signal grammatical information. Finnish is an agglutinative language, and many words change form through endings that indicate case, number, person, tense, mood, and aspect. Examples illustrate how endings function: talo (house) shows nominative singular, while talot is the nominative plural; talon is genitive singular, and talojen is genitive plural. Verbs exhibit endings such as kirjoitan (I write), kirjoitat (you write), kirjoitamme (we write), kirjoitatte (you all write), and kirjoittavat (they write). These endings are the lopetukset that convey grammatical relationships.

Beyond linguistics, lopetukset describe the termination of activities, contracts, services, or programs in everyday and bureaucratic language. For instance, a company may announce the lopetus of a service, or a government program may reach its scheduled lopetus. In computing or process management, lopetukset refer to the termination of processes or operations, often described with verbs like lopetettiin or lopetettu.

Etymology and related terms: lopetukset derive from lopetus, with the suffix -ukset forming the plural. Related concepts include lopetus (singular), ending, termination, and various terms for inflection and conjugation in Finnish grammar.

See also: lopetus, endings, morphology, Finnish grammar, contract termination.