Tuoksuvan

Tuoksuvan is the inflected form of the Finnish adjective tuoksuva, meaning fragrant or aromatic. It is used when the adjective precedes a noun in a genitive singular construction, as in tuoksuvan kahvin aromi, “the aroma of fragrant coffee.”

Etymology: Tuoksuva is formed from the noun tuoksu (scent) with the adjectival suffix -va, which yields an adjective meaning “having the quality of scent.” Tuoksuvan represents the genitive singular form of this adjective, used to modify a noun in genitive case.

Usage: The form appears in descriptive Finnish to denote pleasant scents or scented qualities in both natural and manufactured objects. It is common in literature, prose, and everyday speech when describing something characterized by fragrance and when the noun it accompanies is in genitive singular. Examples include tuoksuvan kahvin aromi (“the aroma of fragrant coffee”) and tuoksuvan ruusun terälehtien väri (“the color of the fragrant rose petals”).

Notes: Tuoksuvan is not a standalone noun; it is an inflected adjective. Other forms of tuoksuva appear to match different cases and numbers of the noun they modify. The base meaning remains the same: describing something with a pleasant, detectable scent.

See also: tuoksu, tuoksuva (adjective), Finnish grammar.