myymälän

Myymälän is the genitive singular form of the Finnish noun myymälä, which means a store or shop. In Finnish, the genitive case marks possession or association, so myymälän functions like the English store’s or of the store. It is not a standalone noun in itself but a grammatical form that is attached to the stem myymälä to create phrases that describe ownership or relation to a store.

In practice, myymälän is used to link another noun to the store, often in compound noun phrases or noun phrases functioning as determiner-like modifiers. Common examples include myymälän aukioloajat (the store’s opening hours), myymälän valikoima (the store’s assortment), and myymälän henkilöstö (the store staff). The form is ubiquitous in written and spoken Finnish when discussing retail contexts or properties associated with a particular shop.

More broadly, myymälän exemplifies Finnish possessive/genitive construction, where the suffix -n attaches to the stem to indicate possession or association. It is declined according to standard Finnish grammar rules and appears together with the noun it modifies, without spaces. As a grammatical form, it helps specify which store is being referred to and is commonly found across various contexts in commerce, signage, and product descriptions.