tiiviin
Tiiviin is a Finnish word that functions primarily as the genitive singular form of the adjective tiivi, meaning tight or compact. In Finnish grammar, adjectives used to describe a noun often decline to agree with that noun, and tiiviin appears when the adjective is part of a noun phrase in a genitive construction, indicating a property belonging to or modifying the following noun.
In practice, tiiviin is most visible in technical or descriptive texts where the emphasis is on how
Relation to other Finnish forms helps situate tiiviin within the language’s morphology. The root tiivi- underlies
See also: Finnish grammar; genitive case; adjectives in Finnish; tiivi- word family.
Note: Tiiviin is a form rather than a standalone lexical item, and its usage depends on the