musiikillista

Musiikillista is the partitive singular form of the Finnish adjective musiikillinen, meaning musical or pertaining to music. In Finnish grammar, adjectives decline to agree with the noun they modify in number and case, and adjectives ending in -inen take the partitive singular ending -ista. Therefore, musiikillinen becomes musiikillista in the partitive singular.

Usage and function: Musiikillista is used when the modified noun is in the partitive case or when describing an indefinite amount or non-countable concept. Common examples include phrases such as musiikillista ilmaisua (musical expression, partitive), musiikillista energiaa (musical energy, partitive), and musiikillista vaikutusta (musical influence). The form is frequently found in art and music criticism to emphasize a quality rather than a concrete object, but it remains a grammatical inflection rather than a standalone lexical item.

Etymology and related forms: The word is derived from musiikki (music) combined with the adjective suffix -llinen. The base form is musiikillinen (nominative singular). The adverbial form meaning “musically” is musiikillisesti. Musiikillista thus marks the partitive case of the musical quality described by musiikillinen and is a common tool in Finnish descriptive writing.

See also: musiikki; musiikillinen; Finnish grammar; partitive case.