alakuloinen
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ala- + kulo + -inen. The middle component is of unknown origin. It is possibly from kulo (“dry, dead grass”) in reference to such grass being flattened down, thus "beat down".
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈɑlɑˌkuloi̯nen/, [ˈɑ̝lɑ̝ˌkulo̞i̯ne̞n]
- Rhymes: -uloinen
- Syllabification(key): a‧la‧ku‧loi‧nen
Adjective
[edit]alakuloinen (comparative alakuloisempi, superlative alakuloisin)
- blue, melancholic
- in low spirits
Declension
[edit]Inflection of alakuloinen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | alakuloinen | alakuloiset | |
genitive | alakuloisen | alakuloisten alakuloisien | |
partitive | alakuloista | alakuloisia | |
illative | alakuloiseen | alakuloisiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | alakuloinen | alakuloiset | |
accusative | nom. | alakuloinen | alakuloiset |
gen. | alakuloisen | ||
genitive | alakuloisen | alakuloisten alakuloisien | |
partitive | alakuloista | alakuloisia | |
inessive | alakuloisessa | alakuloisissa | |
elative | alakuloisesta | alakuloisista | |
illative | alakuloiseen | alakuloisiin | |
adessive | alakuloisella | alakuloisilla | |
ablative | alakuloiselta | alakuloisilta | |
allative | alakuloiselle | alakuloisille | |
essive | alakuloisena | alakuloisina | |
translative | alakuloiseksi | alakuloisiksi | |
abessive | alakuloisetta | alakuloisitta | |
instructive | — | alakuloisin | |
comitative | — | alakuloisine |
Derived terms
[edit]- alakulo (back-formation)
- alakuloisesti
- alakuloisuus
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “alakuloinen”, 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