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.

Usage and examples

Klassillisen is used to link a noun phrase to another noun in genitive or to indicate association with the concept of classical something. Examples:

- 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 klassillista before a partitive noun, as in klassillista musiikkia (some classical music). The form changes further to match plural nouns and other cases.

Relation to linguistic structure

Klassillisen illustrates how Finnish adjectives form and inflect with the -llinen suffix, which is typical of a broad class of adjectives derived from stems. The term itself is not a separate concept or proper noun; it is simply the grammatical inflection used in phrases describing something as classical in relation to another noun.

See also

Finnish grammar, Adjective declension, Genitive case, Classical music in Finnish terminology.