-mainen
Finnish
Etymology
maa + -inen. Likely connected to the expression olla jotakin maata (idiomatic, dialectal, "to be the kind (that), to opine (that)").
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌmɑine̞n/
- Hyphenation: mai‧nen
Suffix
-mainen (front vowel harmony variant -mäinen) (comparative -maisempi, -mäisempi, superlative -maisin, -mäisin)
- Forms adjectives from nouns, signifying resemblance.; -like, -shaped, -ish, -ly, -y or -ous.
- kaasu (“gas”) + -mainen → kaasumainen (“gaseous”)
- neste (“liquid”) + -mainen → nestemäinen (“liquid”)
- kiila (“wedge”) + -mainen → kiilamainen (“wedgelike, cuneiform”)
- kello (“bell”) + -mainen → kellomainen (“bell-shaped”)
- nainen (“woman”) + -mainen → naismainen (“effeminate”)
- herrasmies (“gentleman”) + -mainen → herrasmiesmäinen (“gentlemanly”)
- nauris (“turnip”) + -mainen → naurismainen (“napiform”)
Declension
Inflection of -mainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | -mainen | -maiset | |
genitive | -maisen | -maisten -maisien | |
partitive | -maista | -maisia | |
illative | -maiseen | -maisiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | -mainen | -maiset | |
accusative | nom. | -mainen | -maiset |
gen. | -maisen | ||
genitive | -maisen | -maisten -maisien | |
partitive | -maista | -maisia | |
inessive | -maisessa | -maisissa | |
elative | -maisesta | -maisista | |
illative | -maiseen | -maisiin | |
adessive | -maisella | -maisilla | |
ablative | -maiselta | -maisilta | |
allative | -maiselle | -maisille | |
essive | -maisena | -maisina | |
translative | -maiseksi | -maisiksi | |
instructive | — | -maisin | |
abessive | -maisetta | -maisitta | |
comitative | — | -maisine |
Derived terms
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See also
- -maalainen
- mainen
Anagrams
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