Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
maa + -inen. Compare the dialectal expression olla jotakin maata (“to be the kind (that), to opine (that)”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /-ˌmɑi̯nen/, [-ˌmɑ̝i̯ne̞n]
- Rhymes: -ɑinen
- Syllabification(key): mai‧nen
-mainen (front vowel harmony variant -mäinen, linguistic notation -mAinen) (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[edit]
| Inflection of -mainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
|
| nominative
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-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
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| elative
|
-maisesta
|
-maisista
|
| illative
|
-maiseen
|
-maisiin
|
| adessive
|
-maisella
|
-maisilla
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| ablative
|
-maiselta
|
-maisilta
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| allative
|
-maiselle
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-maisille
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| essive
|
-maisena
|
-maisina
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| translative
|
-maiseksi
|
-maisiksi
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| abessive
|
-maisetta
|
-maisitta
|
| instructive
|
—
|
-maisin
|
| comitative
|
—
|
-maisine
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| Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.
|
| first-person singular possessor
|
|
|
singular
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
-maiseni
|
-maiseni
|
| accusative
|
nom.
|
-maiseni
|
-maiseni
|
| gen.
|
-maiseni
|
| genitive
|
-maiseni
|
-maisteni
-maisieni
|
| partitive
|
-maistani
|
-maisiani
|
| inessive
|
-maisessani
|
-maisissani
|
| elative
|
-maisestani
|
-maisistani
|
| illative
|
-maiseeni
|
-maisiini
|
| adessive
|
-maisellani
|
-maisillani
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| ablative
|
-maiseltani
|
-maisiltani
|
| allative
|
-maiselleni
|
-maisilleni
|
| essive
|
-maisenani
|
-maisinani
|
| translative
|
-maisekseni
|
-maisikseni
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| abessive
|
-maisettani
|
-maisittani
|
| instructive
|
—
|
—
|
| comitative
|
—
|
-maisineni
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| second-person singular possessor
|
|
|
singular
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
-maisesi
|
-maisesi
|
| accusative
|
nom.
|
-maisesi
|
-maisesi
|
| gen.
|
-maisesi
|
| genitive
|
-maisesi
|
-maistesi
-maisiesi
|
| partitive
|
-maistasi
|
-maisiasi
|
| inessive
|
-maisessasi
|
-maisissasi
|
| elative
|
-maisestasi
|
-maisistasi
|
| illative
|
-maiseesi
|
-maisiisi
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| adessive
|
-maisellasi
|
-maisillasi
|
| ablative
|
-maiseltasi
|
-maisiltasi
|
| allative
|
-maisellesi
|
-maisillesi
|
| essive
|
-maisenasi
|
-maisinasi
|
| translative
|
-maiseksesi
|
-maisiksesi
|
| abessive
|
-maisettasi
|
-maisittasi
|
| instructive
|
—
|
—
|
| comitative
|
—
|
-maisinesi
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| first-person plural possessor
|
|
|
singular
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
-maisemme
|
-maisemme
|
| accusative
|
nom.
|
-maisemme
|
-maisemme
|
| gen.
|
-maisemme
|
| genitive
|
-maisemme
|
-maistemme
-maisiemme
|
| partitive
|
-maistamme
|
-maisiamme
|
| inessive
|
-maisessamme
|
-maisissamme
|
| elative
|
-maisestamme
|
-maisistamme
|
| illative
|
-maiseemme
|
-maisiimme
|
| adessive
|
-maisellamme
|
-maisillamme
|
| ablative
|
-maiseltamme
|
-maisiltamme
|
| allative
|
-maisellemme
|
-maisillemme
|
| essive
|
-maisenamme
|
-maisinamme
|
| translative
|
-maiseksemme
|
-maisiksemme
|
| abessive
|
-maisettamme
|
-maisittamme
|
| instructive
|
—
|
—
|
| comitative
|
—
|
-maisinemme
|
| second-person plural possessor
|
|
|
singular
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
-maisenne
|
-maisenne
|
| accusative
|
nom.
|
-maisenne
|
-maisenne
|
| gen.
|
-maisenne
|
| genitive
|
-maisenne
|
-maistenne
-maisienne
|
| partitive
|
-maistanne
|
-maisianne
|
| inessive
|
-maisessanne
|
-maisissanne
|
| elative
|
-maisestanne
|
-maisistanne
|
| illative
|
-maiseenne
|
-maisiinne
|
| adessive
|
-maisellanne
|
-maisillanne
|
| ablative
|
-maiseltanne
|
-maisiltanne
|
| allative
|
-maisellenne
|
-maisillenne
|
| essive
|
-maisenanne
|
-maisinanne
|
| translative
|
-maiseksenne
|
-maisiksenne
|
| abessive
|
-maisettanne
|
-maisittanne
|
| instructive
|
—
|
—
|
| comitative
|
—
|
-maisinenne
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| third-person possessor
|
|
|
singular
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
-maisensa
|
-maisensa
|
| accusative
|
nom.
|
-maisensa
|
-maisensa
|
| gen.
|
-maisensa
|
| genitive
|
-maisensa
|
-maistensa
-maisiensa
|
| partitive
|
-maistaan
-maistansa
|
-maisiaan
-maisiansa
|
| inessive
|
-maisessaan
-maisessansa
|
-maisissaan
-maisissansa
|
| elative
|
-maisestaan
-maisestansa
|
-maisistaan
-maisistansa
|
| illative
|
-maiseensa
|
-maisiinsa
|
| adessive
|
-maisellaan
-maisellansa
|
-maisillaan
-maisillansa
|
| ablative
|
-maiseltaan
-maiseltansa
|
-maisiltaan
-maisiltansa
|
| allative
|
-maiselleen
-maisellensa
|
-maisilleen
-maisillensa
|
| essive
|
-maisenaan
-maisenansa
|
-maisinaan
-maisinansa
|
| translative
|
-maisekseen
-maiseksensa
|
-maisikseen
-maisiksensa
|
| abessive
|
-maisettaan
-maisettansa
|
-maisittaan
-maisittansa
|
| instructive
|
—
|
—
|
| comitative
|
—
|
-maisineen
-maisinensa
|
|
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
