-iainen
Finnish
Suffix
-iainen (front vowel harmony variant -iäinen)
- Forms certain nouns.
- tulla (“to come”) + -iainen → tuliainen (“souvenir”)
- kuori (“crust”) + -iainen → kuoriainen (“beetle”)
- Forms names of ceremonies from verbs (used in plural form).
- avata (“to open”) + -iainen → avajaiset (“opening”)
- haudata (“to bury”) + -iainen → hautajaiset (“funeral”)
- Forms certain vulgar nouns.
- paska (“shit”) + -iainen → paskiainen (“bastard, asshole”)
- muta (“mud”) + -iainen → mutiainen (“dark-skinned person”)
Declension
| Inflection of -iainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | -iainen | -iaiset | |
| genitive | -iaisen | -iaisten -iaisien | |
| partitive | -iaista | -iaisia | |
| illative | -iaiseen | -iaisiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | -iainen | -iaiset | |
| accusative | nom. | -iainen | -iaiset |
| gen. | -iaisen | ||
| genitive | -iaisen | -iaisten -iaisien | |
| partitive | -iaista | -iaisia | |
| inessive | -iaisessa | -iaisissa | |
| elative | -iaisesta | -iaisista | |
| illative | -iaiseen | -iaisiin | |
| adessive | -iaisella | -iaisilla | |
| ablative | -iaiselta | -iaisilta | |
| allative | -iaiselle | -iaisille | |
| essive | -iaisena | -iaisina | |
| translative | -iaiseksi | -iaisiksi | |
| instructive | — | -iaisin | |
| abessive | -iaisetta | -iaisitta | |
| comitative | — | -iaisineen | |
Derived terms
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