kateissaan

Finnish

Etymology

Inessive plural of kade with a possessive suffix, literally "in one's envy".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑtei̯sːɑːn/, [ˈkɑ̝t̪e̞i̯s̠ːɑ̝ːn]
• Rhymes: -ɑteisːɑːn
• Syllabification^(key): ka‧teis‧saan

Adverb

kateissaan

1. envious, jealous, in one's envy (feeling resentful or angered toward someone for a perceived advantage or success, material or otherwise)

   olla kateissaan ― to be envious

   Kateissaan hän päätti ostaa vielä hienomman auton kuin naapurinsa.

   In his envy he decided to buy a still finer car than his neighbor had.

   Syyttä olet minulle kateissasi!

   You have no reason to be envious of me!

Inflection

Personal/possessive forms of kateissaan
no possessor	—
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	kateissani	kateissamme
2nd person	kateissasi	kateissanne
3rd person	kateissaan kateissansa

Synonyms

• kateellinen (“envious”)
• kadehtia (“to envy”) (synonym of olla kateissaan)

Further reading

• “kateissaan”, 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