identiteettinsä
Identiteettinsä is the third-person possessive form of the Finnish noun identiteetti, meaning identity or sense of self. The form is used to refer to someone else’s identity, as in HÄnen identiteettinsä paljastui, meaning his or her identity was revealed. In Finnish, the third-person singular possessive suffix is -nsä (often written as -nsa after certain stems), which attaches to the noun to indicate ownership. The suffix applies regardless of the possessor’s gender.
The word can denote various meanings of identity, including personal identity, social identity, or digital identity,
- Identiteettinsä always refers to a third-person possessor; for first or second person, the forms are identiteettini
- The spelling reflects Finnish orthography, with the possessive suffix following the stem identiteetti, producing identiteettinsä.