limaisen

Limaisen is a Finnish adjective inflected form of limainen, which means slimy, viscous, or slippery. The base form limainen is formed from the noun lima, meaning slime, with the common adjectival suffix -nen, yielding a descriptor of texture or consistency. In Finnish, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in number and case, so limainen has multiple inflected forms. Limaisen is one such form, typically appearing in contexts where the noun it modifies is in a specific case (for example, genitive singular) or within certain grammatical constructions that require that ending.

The word is used to describe surfaces, substances, or organisms that have a slime-like coating or viscous quality. It can apply to natural phenomena such as wet surfaces, mud, or mucous secretions, as well as to metaphorical or descriptive language about textures. While limainen itself is widely understood and commonly used in everyday Finnish, limaisen as an inflected form appears in sentences where the adjective must agree with the noun’s grammatical role.

Etymology traces limainen to lima, meaning slime, with the standard Finnish derivational suffix -nen. The form limainen and its inflections are part of standard Finnish descriptive vocabulary and appear in both literary and scientific writing when precise texture is being described. See also: lima, Finnish adjectives, Finnish grammar.