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) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives. | ||
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | kateelliseni | kateellisemme |
| 2nd person | kateellisesi | kateellisenne |
| 3rd person | kateellisensa | |