koputuksen

Koputuksen is the genitive singular form of the Finnish noun koputus, which denotes the act of knocking or the sound produced by knocking. The term is commonly used to refer to the act of knocking on a door or other surface, as well as to describe the auditory signal itself.

In usage, koputus appears in sentences such as Ovelta kuului koputus, meaning that a knock was heard at the door. The genitive koputuksen is employed to describe attributes related to knocking, for example koputuksen ääni (the sound of knocking) or koputuksen kesto (the duration of the knocking). The word can function in various descriptive phrases, especially to indicate possession or association, as in koputuksen vaikutus (the effect of the knocking) or koputuksen voima (the force of the knock).

Koputus derives from the verb koputtaa, “to knock” or “to rap.” The form koputuksen, like other Finnish genitive forms, is used to link koputus to related nouns and adjectives in compounds and noun phrases. The plural form koputukset refers to multiple knocks, with its own genitive koputusten for describing many knocks or their characteristics.

Overall, koputuksen is a grammatical form that enables discussion of knocking-related phenomena in Finnish, serving as a key connector in phrases that describe the act, its sound, or its attributes. See also koputtaa and koputus for related terms and linguistic usage.