Menestyksekkään

Menestyksekkään is the genitive singular form of the Finnish adjective menestyksekäs, meaning "successful" or "prosperous." It is not a standalone noun; rather, it is an inflected adjective used before a noun in the genitive case, to describe that noun in a possessive or qualifying sense. For example, menestyksekkään uran can be translated as "of a successful career" or "a successful career's ...," depending on the surrounding structure, and menestyksekkään projektin refers to "the project of a successful project" in a constructed sense.

Etymology and formation: The base adjective menestyksekäs is formed from the noun menestys (success) plus an adjectival suffix that conveys the quality of having that characteristic. The genitive singular form, menestyksekkään, appears whenever the adjective modifies a noun in genitive, or in fixed expressions where the possessive or descriptive link is expressed in that case. Finnish adjectives are not gendered, so the form agrees with the noun it modifies in number and case rather than gender.

Usage: Menestyksekkään is most commonly seen in formal or written Finnish where an adjective precedes a genitive noun phrase. In everyday speech, speakers might prefer the nominative form menestyksekäs before a definite noun (e.g., menestyksekäs urheilija, a successful athlete). When the noun case changes, the entire phrase adapts accordingly (e.g., menestyksekkään uran rakentaminen = the building of a successful career).

See also: menestys, menestyksekäs, ura, projekt, toiminta.