alkoholisen

Alkoholisen is the genitive singular form of the Finnish adjective alkoholinen, which means containing alcohol or related to alcohol. It is used to describe substances, beverages, or contexts that involve alcohol, and it agrees with the noun it modifies in number and case. For example, in phrases like alkoholisen juoman pitoisuus (the alcohol content of the alcoholic beverage) or alkoholisen juoman etiketti (the label of the alcoholic beverage), the form alkoholisen appears as the genitive singular.

Etymology and formation: The adjective alkoholinen is built from the noun alkoholi (alcohol) plus the common Finnish adjectival suffix -nen. The word alkoholi itself is a loanword that entered Finnish from other European languages, with roots tracing back to historical terms for a chemical substance known as alcohol, ultimately linked to the Arabic al-kuḥl through various linguistic stages in Europe.

Usage and related terms: Alkoholinen is commonly used to describe drinks and products that contain alcohol, as in alkoholijuoma (an alcoholic beverage) or alkoholipitoisuus (the alcohol content). The opposite, non-alcoholic, is alkoholiton, used in settings such as alkoholittomat juomat for non-alcoholic beverages. In labeling, nutrition and safety contexts, clear distinctions are made with terms like alkoholin määrä or alkoholipitoisuus to indicate alcohol concentration.

Notes: In everyday speech, describing a person as intoxicated is typically done with terms like humalainen or juovuksissa, not with alkoholinen. As a grammatical form, alkohlisen serves a specific role in genitive constructions, while other cases use corresponding forms such as alkoholinen (nominative/partitive) and alkoholista (genitive/partitive variants).