epätasaisen

Epätasaisen is the genitive singular form of the Finnish adjective epätasainen, which means uneven or not level. In Finnish, adjectives inflect to agree with the nouns they modify, and the genitive singular form epätasaisen is used when the described feature belongs to or is associated with another noun in the genitive case. This form is commonly found in phrases describing causes, characteristics, or relationships, such as epätasaisen pinnan vuoksi (“due to the uneven surface”) or epätasaisen rakenteen vuoksi (“because of the irregular structure”).

Usage and examples

Epätasaisen pinnan vuoksi mittaus ei ole luotettava. Epätasaisen maan pintamateriaalit voivat vaikuttaa rakennusmittauksiin. Epätasaisen rakenteen arviointi on haastavaa, koska epätasaisuus voi esiintyä sekä pinnalla että sisäisissä rakenteissa. These uses illustrate how epätasaisen modifies a noun that is in genitive, creating a phrase that attributes a property to another noun or explains a cause.

Grammatical notes

Epätasainen is the basic form; epätasaisen is its genitive singular. When the noun is in genitive plural (e.g., epätasaisten pintojen), the corresponding adjective form would also change to reflect the plural genitive. Finnish adjectives therefore reproduce the case and number of the noun they describe, and epätasaisen is one of several inflected forms that convey possession or association in a noun phrase.

See also

epätasainen (the base adjective meaning uneven), Finnish grammar on adjectives and genitive construction.