oikeanmuotoinen

Oikeanmuotoinen is a Finnish adjective meaning “having the correct form” or “properly formed.” It is formed from oikea (correct, right) and muotoinen (having the form) and is used to describe words, phrases, or linguistic forms that conform to the expected morphological rules and syntactic context.

In Finnish grammar, adjectives inflect to agree with the noun they modify in number and case. Therefore oikeanmuotoinen must take the appropriate endings when used in a noun phrase, for example as oikeanmuotoisen sanan (genitive singular) or oikeanmuutoinen sana (nominative singular). The term is commonly found in language teaching, grammar descriptions, dictionaries, and linguistic guidance to indicate that a given form is correct for its position or function.

Usage notes: oikeanmuotoinen is descriptive rather than prescriptive; it signals that a form is correct for a specific grammatical setting rather than prescribing a universal rule. It can be used when analyzing inflection patterns, politeness forms, orthographic conventions, or when assessing correctness in written text.

Examples of contexts include discussions of proper inflection, correct word formation, or validation of a form against standard Finnish grammar. As a compound adjective, oikeanmuotoinen mirrors ordinary Finnish adjective inflection and adapts to different cases and numbers accordingly.