pienen

Pienen is the genitive singular form of the Finnish adjective pieni, meaning small or little. It is not a standalone noun; rather, it functions within noun phrases where the adjective modifies a noun in the genitive case, often to express possession or a close relationship between two nouns.

In Finnish grammar, adjectives inflect to agree with the noun they modify in number and case. The genitive singular form of pieni is pienen, used before a noun in genitive: for example, pienen talon ikkuna, meaning the window of the small house, or pienen koiran lelu, meaning the toy of the small dog. For plural, the corresponding genitive plural form is pienten; for instance, pienten talojen ikkunat would mean the windows of the small houses.

Etymology and usage notes: pieni comes from a Proto-Finnic root meaning small. The form pienen reflects Finnish adjective declension rules, illustrating how adjectives agree with the noun they describe. Pienen appears primarily in written and spoken Finnish as part of attributive phrases that indicate possession or relation, rather than as a separate lexical item.

See also: pieni, Finnish grammar, genitive constructions. Note: pienen is a morphological inflection rather than an independent word, and its correct use depends on the case and number of the noun it modifies.