Piirroksen

Piirroksen is the genitive singular form of the Finnish noun piirros, meaning a drawing. It is used to express possession, attribution, or relationship to a drawing, and is commonly found in descriptions such as piirroksen tekijä (the author of the drawing), piirroksen koko (the drawing’s size), or piirroksen allekirjoitus (the drawing’s signature). In English, it is typically translated as “the drawing’s” or “of the drawing.”

Linguistic notes: Finnish uses a rich system of cases and endings to indicate grammatical relationships. The noun piirros forms the genitive as piirroksen, with the -ksen suffix. This form allows modifiers and descriptors to attach directly to the noun, creating phrases that designate ownership or association without additional prepositions.

Capitalization and naming: In standard Finnish, piirroksen is a common noun and appears lowercase within a sentence. If capitalized as Piirroksen, it would usually indicate a stylistic title, a proper noun in a catalog, or a specific work or entity named by choice of the editor or author. Without additional context, Piirroksen does not refer to a widely recognized person, work, or place.

Usage context: The term frequently appears in art catalogs, archival descriptions, and linguistic analyses where descriptions of drawings require a concise possessive phrasing. It is not a standalone concept beyond its grammatical role, but it can serve as a component in longer Finnish phrases describing visual works.