ylellisen

Ylellinen is a Finnish adjective meaning luxurious, refined, or elegant. It is used to describe goods, environments, or lifestyles that are high in quality, comfort, or appearance, and it can apply to people as well as things. The corresponding noun for the concept is ylellisyys, meaning luxury or opulence, and the adjective ylellinen is formed with the common derivational suffix -inen. The genitive singular form of ylellinen is ylellisen, which is used when the noun it modifies is in genitive, for example, ylellisen talon sisustus (the luxurious house’s interior).

Common usages include expressions such as ylellinen asunto (luxury apartment), ylellinen sisustus (luxurious interior design), and ylellinen elämä (an upscale lifestyle). In contemporary Finnish, ylellinen often conveys a positive sense of quality and comfort, but it can also carry a slightly pretentious or pompous nuance depending on context and tone.

Grammatical notes: ylellinen declines like a typical Finnish adjective. Singular forms include ylellinen (nominative), ylellisen (genitive), and ylellistä (partitive). Plural forms are ylelliset (nominative) and ylellisten (genitive). The form ylellisen specifically appears when the noun it describes is in the genitive case, as in ylellisen hotellin palvelut (the services of the luxurious hotel).

Overall, ylellisen functions as the genitive singular of ylellinen, used to express the possessive or describing relation to a noun in genitive, in contexts discussing luxury, refinement, or high-end quality.