kateellinen
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
kateellinen (comparative kateellisempi, superlative kateellisin)
- envious, jealous (feeling resentful or angered toward someone for a perceived advantage or success, material or otherwise)
Usage notes[edit]
What one is jealous of is expressed with the elative case for things and the allative case for people:
- Hän on minulle kateellinen. = She/He is jealous of me.
- Hän on tästä kateellinen. = She/He is jealous of this.
But:
- Hän on minulle tästä kateellinen. = She/He is jealous of me for that.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of kateellinen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | kateellinen | kateelliset | |
genitive | kateellisen | kateellisten kateellisien | |
partitive | kateellista | kateellisia | |
illative | kateelliseen | kateellisiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kateellinen | kateelliset | |
accusative | nom. | kateellinen | kateelliset |
gen. | kateellisen | ||
genitive | kateellisen | kateellisten kateellisien | |
partitive | kateellista | kateellisia | |
inessive | kateellisessa | kateellisissa | |
elative | kateellisesta | kateellisista | |
illative | kateelliseen | kateellisiin | |
adessive | kateellisella | kateellisilla | |
ablative | kateelliselta | kateellisilta | |
allative | kateelliselle | kateellisille | |
essive | kateellisena | kateellisina | |
translative | kateelliseksi | kateellisiksi | |
instructive | — | kateellisin | |
abessive | kateellisetta | kateellisitta | |
comitative | — | kateellisine |
Possessive forms of kateellinen (type nainen) | ||
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Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives. | ||
possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | kateelliseni | kateellisemme |
2nd person | kateellisesi | kateellisenne |
3rd person | kateellisensa |