kapiainen
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See also: Kapiainen
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Clipping of kapitulantti (“NCO belonging to the permanent staff of military forces”) + -iainen
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kapiainen (informal)
- (possibly derogatory) A person belonging to the permanent staff of the military.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of kapiainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | kapiainen | kapiaiset | ||
genitive | kapiaisen | kapiaisten kapiaisien | ||
partitive | kapiaista | kapiaisia | ||
illative | kapiaiseen | kapiaisiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | kapiainen | kapiaiset | ||
accusative | nom. | kapiainen | kapiaiset | |
gen. | kapiaisen | |||
genitive | kapiaisen | kapiaisten kapiaisien | ||
partitive | kapiaista | kapiaisia | ||
inessive | kapiaisessa | kapiaisissa | ||
elative | kapiaisesta | kapiaisista | ||
illative | kapiaiseen | kapiaisiin | ||
adessive | kapiaisella | kapiaisilla | ||
ablative | kapiaiselta | kapiaisilta | ||
allative | kapiaiselle | kapiaisille | ||
essive | kapiaisena | kapiaisina | ||
translative | kapiaiseksi | kapiaisiksi | ||
abessive | kapiaisetta | kapiaisitta | ||
instructive | — | kapiaisin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Further reading[edit]
- “kapiainen”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02