kokoisen

Kokoisen is a Finnish grammatical form rather than a standalone lexical item. It derives from the adjective kokoinen, which means “of a certain size” or “sized.” Kokoisen is the genitive singular form used to describe a noun in phrases that express a particular size or size-related relationship.

In use, kokoisen typically precedes a noun that is in the genitive case, showing that the noun has a certain size or is characterized by it. Examples in natural Finnish would be phrases such as kokoisen talon katto, meaning “the roof of a house of that size,” or kokoisen koiran omistaja, meaning “the owner of a dog of that size.” The construction is common in descriptive writing and in contexts where speakers want to emphasize relative size, though it may be less frequent in casual speech.

Linguistically, kokoisen represents the genitive singular inflection of the adjective kokoinen, part of the broader system of Finnish adjective declension that ensures agreement with the noun’s case and number. It does not carry an independent lexical meaning beyond “of that size” but functions to convey size within a noun phrase. Translators render kokoisen as “of such a size” or “that-sized” depending on context.

Overall, kokoisen serves as a morphologically specific tool in Finnish to articulate size-based relationships within attributive noun phrases, reflecting the language’s flexible use of adjectives in modifying nouns.