Muodikkaan

Muodikkaan is the genitive singular form of the Finnish adjective muodikas, meaning fashionable or stylish. In Finnish, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify, and the genitive singular form muodikkaan is used when the noun is in the genitive case or within a noun phrase that includes a genitive noun.

Usage and examples:

- muodikkaan naisen asusteet — the fashionable woman's accessories

- muodikkaan miehen kengät — the fashionable man's shoes

- muodikkaan asun väri — the color of the fashionable outfit

In these examples, muodikas remains the base meaning, while muodikkaan marks the genitive relationship to the noun it modifies.

Etymology:

Muodikas derives from the Finnish root muoto, meaning form or shape, with the suffix -ikas forming an adjective meaning “characterized by form” or “fashionable.” The genitive singular muodikkaan is produced by standard Finnish adjective inflection to agree with a genitive noun.

Notes:

- Muodikkaan is not typically used as a standalone lexical item; it is a grammatical form of muodikas.

- The corresponding nominative form is muodikas, used for masculine or feminine subjects in the nominative case, e.g., muodikas nainen or muodikas mies.

- Synonyms in English include fashionable, stylish, and trendy, while in Finnish the term is common in fashion, design, and everyday language.

Overall, muodikas and its inflected forms like muodikkaan are central to describing style in Finnish, with muodikkaan serving a specific grammatical role in noun phrases where the associated noun is in genitive.