Partitiivisen

Partitiivisen is the genitive singular form of the Finnish adjective partitiivinen, meaning "partitive." In Finnish, adjectives decline to agree with the noun they modify in case and number, and partitiivinen denotes something related to the partitive.

In the standard paradigm of Finnish adjectives, partitiivinen has the following forms in common cases: nominative singular partitiivinen, genitive singular partitiivisen, partitive singular partitiivista, and so on. Thus, partitiivisen appears whenever the noun it modifies is in the genitive singular, for example in phrases like partitiivisen muodon or partitiivisen määrän.

The term is primarily encountered in linguistic descriptions and grammar explanations. It is not a standalone lexical item with a separate meaning beyond describing the partitive sense of the adjective; rather, it is the inflected form used in contexts where the noun is in the genitive case.

Usage examples include phrases such as partitiivisen muodon käyttö (the use of the partitive form) and partitiivisen määrän väheneminen (the decrease of the partitive quantity), where partitiivisen marks the adjective to agree with the genitive noun that follows. The concept of partitiivinen itself refers to matters related to the Finnish partitive, while partitiivisen represents its grammatical inflection in the genitive singular.

See also: partitiivi, partitiivinen (adjective), Finnish inflection.