populaarista
Populaarista is the partitive singular form of the Finnish adjective populaarinen, which means “popular.” In Finnish, adjectives inflect to agree with the nouns they modify in case and number, so populaarinen becomes populaarista when used with a singular noun in the partitive. This form is used to express partial quantity, indefiniteness, or ongoing, non-complete actions and objects.
The partitive is a common case with verbs that describe ongoing or non-total actions, or when the
Populaarista should be distinguished from related forms such as the adverb populaarisesti, which means “in a
See also: populaarinen, partitive case in Finnish, Finnish adjectives and agreement.