possessiivis
Possessiivis refers to the possessive form in Finnish grammar, a system of suffixes attached to the possessed noun to indicate ownership by a person or group. It is a productive part of noun morphology and interacts with vowel harmony, affecting which allomorph of the suffix is used.
The standard possessive suffixes cover six persons and numbers: 1st person singular -ni, 2nd person singular
In ordinary use the possessor is encoded in the suffix, and the possessed noun remains the syntactic
The possessive suffix system is a central aspect of Finnish noun inflection, distinguishing possession from other