materiaalisen

Materiaalisen is the genitive singular form of the Finnish adjective materiaalinen, which means material or relating to materiality. In Finnish, adjectives are declined to agree with the noun they modify, and materiaalisen appears in contexts where the corresponding noun is in genitive singular or in phrases that require that form.

Etymology and grammar: materiaalinen is formed from the noun materiaali (material) with the common Finnish adjective suffix -nen. The genitive singular ending -sen on materiaalisen is used in phrases such as materiaalisen kulttuurin, meaning “of material culture,” or materiaalisen maailman, meaning “of the material world.”

Usage: materiaalisen functions as a grammatical form rather than a standalone concept. It is used to describe properties or relations related to materiality in fields such as anthropology, archaeology, and materials science. Common collocations include phrases like materiaalisen kulttuurin tutkimus (the study of material culture), materiaalisen maailman ilmiöt (phenomena of the material world), and materiaalisen laadun arviointi (assessment of material quality).

Notes: Because materiaalinen is an ordinary Finnish adjective, materiaalisen can appear in various syntactic positions depending on the noun it modifies. It is not a separate, widely recognized term; rather, it is the inflected form used in standard Finnish expression to denote material-related concepts.

See also: materiaalinen, materiaali, materialismi, materiality.