matkailijan

Matkailijan is the singular genitive (possessive) form of the Finnish noun matkailija, which means "traveller" or "tourist." As a grammatical form, matkailijan indicates possession or association and is commonly used in phrases that translate to "traveller's" or "of the traveller," for example matkailijan opas (traveller's guide) or matkailijan varusteet (traveller's equipment).

The base word matkailija derives from matka, meaning "journey," combined with an agentive suffix to denote a person who travels. In Finnish morphology, the -n ending marks the singular genitive; the corresponding plural genitive is matkailijoiden. Matkailijan is used in both everyday language and specialised contexts such as tourism marketing, legal texts concerned with travellers' rights, and informational signage.

In compound expressions and collocations, matkailijan frequently precedes nouns to form fixed terms (for example matkailijan vero in contexts discussing taxes related to travel). It also appears in idiomatic and descriptive uses to characterise facilities, services or advice intended for visitors. As a basic grammatical form of a common word, matkailijan plays a practical role in communication about travel, hospitality and related services in Finnish.