sanainen
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
sanainen (comparative sanaisempi, superlative sanaisin)
- (as headword in compound terms) worded
- niukkasanainen (lit. "scantly worded") ― terse, laconic
- lyhytsanainen (lit. "shortly worded") ― concise, laconic
- (idomatic usage) verbal
- avata sanainen arkkunsa (lit. "to open one’s verbal chest") ― to start to speak, to speak up
Declension[edit]
Inflection of sanainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | sanainen | sanaiset | |
genitive | sanaisen | sanaisten sanaisien | |
partitive | sanaista | sanaisia | |
illative | sanaiseen | sanaisiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | sanainen | sanaiset | |
accusative | nom. | sanainen | sanaiset |
gen. | sanaisen | ||
genitive | sanaisen | sanaisten sanaisien | |
partitive | sanaista | sanaisia | |
inessive | sanaisessa | sanaisissa | |
elative | sanaisesta | sanaisista | |
illative | sanaiseen | sanaisiin | |
adessive | sanaisella | sanaisilla | |
ablative | sanaiselta | sanaisilta | |
allative | sanaiselle | sanaisille | |
essive | sanaisena | sanaisina | |
translative | sanaiseksi | sanaisiksi | |
abessive | sanaisetta | sanaisitta | |
instructive | — | sanaisin | |
comitative | — | sanaisine |
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “sanainen”, 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 2023-07-03