klassillisen
Klassillisen is the genitive singular form of the Finnish adjective klassillinen, meaning classical or of a class. In Finnish, adjectives agree with the noun they modify, and the ending changes according to the case and number of that noun. Klassillisen appears when the head noun is in genitive singular.
Klassillisen is used to link a noun phrase to another noun in genitive or to indicate association
- klassillisen musiikin historia (the history of classical music)
- klassillisen koulukunnan vaikutus (the influence of the classical school of thought)
- klassillisen kirjallisuuden piirteet (the features of classical literature)
In other cases, the adjective takes different inflections. For instance, in partitive constructions you would use
Relation to linguistic structure
Klassillisen illustrates how Finnish adjectives form and inflect with the -llinen suffix, which is typical of
Finnish grammar, Adjective declension, Genitive case, Classical music in Finnish terminology.