oloinen
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]oloinen (not comparable)
- (genitive and/or possessive suffix +) appearing to be something, -like
- Hän oli jo varsin terveen oloinen.
- He appeared to be quite healthy already.
- Olipas siinä insinöörin oloinen mies!
- Boy, he sure was an engineer-like person!
Usage notes
[edit]This word is uncomparable when used with an adjective. Comparison is made by inflecting the qualifier:
- Hän oli jo terveemmän oloinen.
- He appeared to be healthier already.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of oloinen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | oloinen | oloiset | |
genitive | oloisen | oloisten oloisien | |
partitive | oloista | oloisia | |
illative | oloiseen | oloisiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | oloinen | oloiset | |
accusative | nom. | oloinen | oloiset |
gen. | oloisen | ||
genitive | oloisen | oloisten oloisien | |
partitive | oloista | oloisia | |
inessive | oloisessa | oloisissa | |
elative | oloisesta | oloisista | |
illative | oloiseen | oloisiin | |
adessive | oloisella | oloisilla | |
ablative | oloiselta | oloisilta | |
allative | oloiselle | oloisille | |
essive | oloisena | oloisina | |
translative | oloiseksi | oloisiksi | |
abessive | oloisetta | oloisitta | |
instructive | — | oloisin | |
comitative | — | oloisine |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “oloinen”, 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 2023-07-03