kuusikulmaiseen

Kuusikulmainen is a Finnish adjective meaning hexagonal or six-sided. It is used to describe objects or shapes that have six sides or six angles, and it appears in geometry, design, architecture and everyday language. The corresponding noun for the shape is kuusikulmio, which means hexagon.

Etymology: The word is formed from kuusi meaning six, kulma meaning angle, and the suffix -inen, following common Finnish word formation patterns.

Inflection: Like other adjectives, kuusikulmainen declines to agree with the noun it modifies. Examples include: nominative singular kuusikulmainen; genitive singular kuusikulmaisen; partitive singular kuusikulmaista; nominative plural kuusikulmaiset; illative singular kuusikulmaiseen (into a hexagonal shape). The forms change to match case and number when used with different nouns.

Usage notes: The adjective typically precedes the noun, as in kuusikulmainen kuvio (a hexagonal pattern) or kuusikulmainen laatta (a hexagonal tile). It can describe three-dimensional objects with a hexagonal cross-section, such as kuusikulmainen prisma (a hexagonal prism). The term is standard in technical writing but also appears in everyday descriptions of objects with six sides.

Related terms: kuusikulmio (hexagon), kuusikulmainen prisma (hexagonal prism), and more general monikulmainen (polygonal, multi-sided) as a broader category.