oikeudenomaisen

Oikeudenomaisen is a Finnish adjective that appears in the inflected form oikeudenomaisen. The base form oikeudenomainen denotes something that is legitimate, justified, or in accordance with law. In nuance, it overlaps with but is not identical to laillinen (legal) or oikeudellinen (juridical). The term is most commonly found in historical, philosophical, or formal legal prose and is uncommon in everyday Finnish.

Etymology and form: The word is built from oikeus (law, justice) and a common Finnish suffix from -mainen/-omainen, which forms adjectives meaning “having the character of” or “like.” Finnish adjectives inflect to agree with the nouns they describe, so oikeudenomaisen appears in contexts where the described noun is in a relevant grammatical form, such as in attributive or dependent phrases.

Usage notes: In contemporary Finnish, speakers typically use laillinen or oikeudellinen to express ideas of legality or juridical status. Oikeudenomaisen may still appear in discussions of legitimacy, rightful ownership, or debates about the conditions under which a claim is considered justified under law, particularly in more formal or academic writing.

See also: oikeus, oikeudenmukaisuus, laillinen, oikeudellinen.