alaston
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *alaictoin, a consonant-stem caritive derivative equivalent to alainen (“underwear”) + -ton.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈɑlɑston/, [ˈɑ̝lɑ̝s̠to̞n]
- Rhymes: -ɑlɑston
- Syllabification(key): a‧las‧ton
- Hyphenation(key): alas‧ton
Adjective
[edit]alaston (comparative alastomampi, superlative alastomin)
- nude, naked
- Synonyms: aataminasuinen, eevanasuinen, naku, paljas, syntymäpukuinen, alaiseton (obsolete)
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of alaston (Kotus type 34/onneton, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | alaston | alastomat | |
| genitive | alastoman | alastomien | |
| partitive | alastonta | alastomia | |
| illative | alastomaan | alastomiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | alaston | alastomat | |
| accusative | nom. | alaston | alastomat |
| gen. | alastoman | ||
| genitive | alastoman | alastomien alastonten rare | |
| partitive | alastonta | alastomia | |
| inessive | alastomassa | alastomissa | |
| elative | alastomasta | alastomista | |
| illative | alastomaan | alastomiin | |
| adessive | alastomalla | alastomilla | |
| ablative | alastomalta | alastomilta | |
| allative | alastomalle | alastomille | |
| essive | alastomana | alastomina | |
| translative | alastomaksi | alastomiksi | |
| abessive | alastomatta | alastomitta | |
| instructive | — | alastomin | |
| comitative | — | alastomine | |
Derived terms
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Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “alaston”, 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 2 July 2023