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Lopullisen

Lopullisen is a grammatical form of the Finnish adjective lopullinen, which means final, conclusive, or ultimate. In Finnish, adjectives decline to agree with the noun they describe, and lopullisen is the genitive singular form used when the noun it modifies is in the genitive case. For example, lopullisen ratkaisun would mean “of the final solution.” By contrast, the nominative singular form lopullinen appears before a nominative noun, as in lopullinen ratkaisu, meaning “a final solution.”

Usage and meaning

The term is commonly employed in legal, political, business, scientific, and media contexts to indicate definitiveness

Related forms

The adverbial form is lopullisesti, used to describe an action performed in a final or conclusive manner.

Etymology

Lopullinen derives from loppu meaning end, with the Finnish suffix -llinen forming adjectives that convey a

or
finality
of
a
decision,
version,
status,
or
outcome.
It
can
modify
a
wide
range
of
nouns,
such
as
ratkaisu
(solution),
päätös
(decision),
versio
(version),
sopimus
(agreement),
or
tulos
(result).
The
emphasis
is
on
something
that
is
considered
conclusive
or
not
subject
to
further
change.
The
base
adjective
lopullinen
is
often
used
in
everyday
language
to
describe
end-state
conditions
or
results,
while
lopullisen
specifically
marks
the
genitive
relationship
to
a
following
noun.
sense
of
“end-,
final-.”
This
construction
is
typical
in
Finnish
to
express
definitive
or
conclusive
properties.