From rikos (“crime”) + oikeus (“law (body of rules)”).
rikosoikeus
In Finnish the term rikoslaki refers to criminal law in sensu stricto, i.e. the law itself. rikosoikeus is a wider term covering the study and application of the criminal law.
| Inflection of rikosoikeus (Kotus type 40*F/kalleus, t-d gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | rikosoikeus | — | |
| genitive | rikosoikeuden | — | |
| partitive | rikosoikeutta | — | |
| illative | rikosoikeuteen | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | rikosoikeus | — | |
| accusative | nom. | rikosoikeus | — |
| gen. | rikosoikeuden | ||
| genitive | rikosoikeuden | — | |
| partitive | rikosoikeutta | — | |
| inessive | rikosoikeudessa | — | |
| elative | rikosoikeudesta | — | |
| illative | rikosoikeuteen | — | |
| adessive | rikosoikeudella | — | |
| ablative | rikosoikeudelta | — | |
| allative | rikosoikeudelle | — | |
| essive | rikosoikeutena | — | |
| translative | rikosoikeudeksi | — | |
| abessive | rikosoikeudetta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||