Taikinan
Taikinan is the genitive form of the Finnish noun taikina, meaning dough. In Finnish, taikinan marks possession or association and is used in noun phrases to describe qualities of dough or quantities related to dough. It appears in phrases like taikinan koostumus (the dough's texture), taikinan määrä (the amount of dough), and taikinan maku (the dough's flavor).
Formation and grammar: The genitive form taikinan is created by adding the suffix -n to taikina. Finnish
Usage notes: Taikinan is common in culinary writing and recipe instructions, where properties of the dough
Relationship to taikina: Taikinan is one of the inflected forms of taikina, the basic word for dough