laatuisen

Laatuisen is the genitive singular form of the Finnish adjective laatution? laatuinen, which means “of quality” or “high-quality.” In Finnish, adjectives inflect to agree with the noun they modify in number and case, so laatuisen appears before a noun that is in the genitive case.

Morphology and usage: The form laatuisen signals that the head noun is in genitive singular. The corresponding nominative singular is laatuinen, and the plural genitive form is laatuisten. Commonly, laatuisen is used in noun phrases to indicate quality ownership or association, for example in phrases like laatuisen talon hinta (“the price of a high-quality house”) or laatuisen tuotteen arvo (“the value of a high-quality product”). The word emphasizes intrinsic quality rather than a temporary state, and it can be used in formal or descriptive writing.

Relation to related terms: Laatuinen derives from laatu, meaning “quality” or “standard,” and shares a semantic field with other Finnish adjectives that describe characteristics or condition. In everyday language, adjectives with the -inen suffix, including laatui nen, are common for forming descriptive modifiers in various cases and numbers.

Notes: Finnish adjectives decline like nouns, so laatuisen can accompany any compatible head noun in genitive singular. The usage can sound formal or literary, while more everyday expressions often use synonyms such as laadukas to describe a high-quality item. See also Finnish grammar, adjectives, and the word laatu.