rikkinäisen

Rikkinäinen is a Finnish adjective that translates to "broken" or "damaged" in English. It is the partitive singular form of the word rikkinäinen, which describes objects or things that are not functioning properly or have been physically damaged. In Finnish grammar, the partitive case is used to indicate incomplete or ongoing actions, which makes rikkinäinen particularly useful when referring to something that is in the process of breaking or has been partially damaged.

The word is commonly used in everyday Finnish to describe various broken items such as rikkinäinen ikkuna (broken window), rikkinäinen auto (broken car), or rikkinäinen laukku (broken bag). It can also be used metaphorically to describe abstract concepts that are not functioning as intended.

In Finnish language, adjectives must agree with the noun they modify in number, case, and gender. Rikkinäinen follows this grammatical rule and changes its form depending on the context in which it is used. The word is part of the regular consonant declension group in Finnish, which affects its stem changes in different grammatical cases.