lopullisten

Lopullisten is the genitive plural form of the Finnish adjective lopullinen, which means final or definitive. It is used to describe plural nouns in the genitive case, for example in the phrase lopullisten päätösten, meaning “of the final decisions.”

In Finnish, adjectives agree with the noun they modify in number and case. For adjectives ending in -inen, the genitive plural form ends with -isten. Thus lopullinen (singular) becomes lopullisen (genitive singular) and lopullisten (genitive plural). Other common forms of the same adjective include lopulliset (nominative plural) and lopullinen or lopullisen in other cases, depending on the noun they modify.

Typical contexts for lopullisten occur in formal or written Finnish, such as legal, administrative, or academic writing. It appears when referring to a group of final items or outcomes whose relationship is expressed in the genitive, for example “lopullisten päätösten vaikutukset” (the effects of the final decisions) or “lautakunnan lopullisten esitysten mukaan” (according to the committee’s final proposals).

Etymology: lopullinen derives from loppu meaning end, with the adjective suffix -inen, forming “having the quality of the end” or “final.” The genitive plural ending -isten is a standard inflection pattern for -inen adjectives when the noun they modify is plural and in the genitive case.

Related forms include lopulliset (nominative plural) and lopullisen (genitive singular). The word is part of a broader Finnish system of adjective inflection that marks number and case to connect description to the noun.