ravinnollisen

Ravinnollisen is the genitive singular form of the Finnish adjective ravinnollinen, which means nutritious or related to nutrition. In Finnish, adjectives decline to agree with the noun in case and number, and ravinnollisen appears when the noun it describes is in the genitive case. It is commonly found in noun phrases that denote possession or description of another noun.

In practice, ravinnollisen is used to describe something of nutritious quality when the noun is in the genitive. Examples include ravinnollisen ruoan valmistus (the preparation of nutritious food), ravinnollisen ruokavalion vaikutukset (the effects of a nutritious diet), and ravinnollisen ravinnon koostumus (the composition of nutritious nourishment). These phrases illustrate how the form links an attributive adjective to a genitive noun within Finnish grammar.

Etymology and formation: ravinnollinen is formed from the noun ravinto, meaning nutrition or nutrients, combined with the derivational suffix -llinen to create the adjective “nutritious.” The genitive singular ending -en yields ravinnollisen when the noun it modifies is in genitive. This pattern is typical of Finnish adjectives that describe nouns in different cases.

See also: ravinnollinen, ravinto, Finnish grammar, Finnish adjectives.