mittainen
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
mitta (“measure”) + -hinen; lit. "being of the measure (of)"
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
mittainen (not comparable)
- (genitive or possessive suffix +) measuring, of a measure, being of a certain size, length or height; translation into English varies by context
- Meiltä on tilattu 80.000 ratapölkkyä, mutta emme tiedä, minkä mittaisia niiden pitäisi olla.
- We have received an order for 80,000 railroad ties, but we don't know what measurements they should be.
- Onko hän sanansa mittainen mies?
- Is he as good as his word? / Is he a man of his word?
- Olin kahdentoista päivän mittaisella Karibian-risteilyllä.
- I was on a twelve-day long cruise on the Caribbean.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of mittainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | mittainen | mittaiset | |
genitive | mittaisen | mittaisten mittaisien | |
partitive | mittaista | mittaisia | |
illative | mittaiseen | mittaisiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | mittainen | mittaiset | |
accusative | nom. | mittainen | mittaiset |
gen. | mittaisen | ||
genitive | mittaisen | mittaisten mittaisien | |
partitive | mittaista | mittaisia | |
inessive | mittaisessa | mittaisissa | |
elative | mittaisesta | mittaisista | |
illative | mittaiseen | mittaisiin | |
adessive | mittaisella | mittaisilla | |
ablative | mittaiselta | mittaisilta | |
allative | mittaiselle | mittaisille | |
essive | mittaisena | mittaisina | |
translative | mittaiseksi | mittaisiksi | |
abessive | mittaisetta | mittaisitta | |
instructive | — | mittaisin | |
comitative | — | mittaisine |
Derived terms[edit]
Compounds[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- See related terms -section under kokoinen.
Further reading[edit]
- “mittainen”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03