The genitive singular ending is always -n, which is added to the inflectional
stem. As the genitive ending consists of only one consonant, it usually causes
consonant gradation (weak grade) in the inflectional stem (§15). This does
not apply to nominals ending in -e (§19), nor to some ending in a consonant
(§20), wher the basic form and the partitive singular take the weak grade
and other cases the strong grade.
Basic form Genitive Cf. §
Rauno (masculine name) Rauno/n –
puu tree, wood puu/n –
Suvikki (feminine name) Suviki/n –
Kaisu (feminine name) Kaisu/n –
The genitive singular ending is -n, which is added to the inflectional
stem.
92 Finnish: An Essential Grammar
Basic form Genitive Cf. §
teltta ` tent telta/n –
tunti hour tunni/n –
onni luck onne/n 18.2
Suomi Finland Suome/n 18.2
saari island saare/n 18.3
tuli fire tule/n 18.3
käsi hand käde/n 18.4
varsi handle varre/n 18.4
laite appliance laittee/n 19
kone machine konee/n 19
Järvinen (surname) Järvise/n 20.1
toinen other toise/n 20.1
teos work teokse/n 20.2
tehdas factory tehtaa/n 20.3
taivas heaven, sky taivaa/n 20.3
rakkaus love rakkaude/n 20.4
puhelin telephone puhelime/n 20.5
isätön fatherless isättömä/n 20.6
sävel tune sävele/n 20.7
mies man miehe/n 20.8
kevät spring kevää/n 20.8
If the genitive singular of nominals is known, the inflectional stem can
always be found by removing the -n ending. Most other case forms are
formed by adding the necessary number and case endings to this stem
