muurahainen

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muurahainen, borrowed either from Proto-Germanic *miurijǭ (compare Swedish myra), or from its source Proto-Indo-European *morwi- (compare Russian мураве́й (muravéj), Ukrainian мура́ха (muráxa), Polish mrówka). Contains a diminutive -(i)nen.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmuːrɑhɑi̯nen/, [ˈmuːrɑˌhɑi̯ne̞n]
  • Rhymes: -ɑinen
  • Syllabification(key): muu‧ra‧hai‧nen

Noun

muurahainen

  1. ant (insect of the family Formicidae)
  2. (in the plural) The family Formicidae.

Usage notes
  • In compounds where muurahainen functions as a modifier, it contracts to the form muurahais- (“ant-, form-, myrmeco-”).

Declension
Inflection of muurahainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
nominative muurahainen muurahaiset
genitive muurahaisen muurahaisten
muurahaisien
partitive muurahaista muurahaisia
illative muurahaiseen muurahaisiin
singular plural
nominative muurahainen muurahaiset
accusative nom. muurahainen muurahaiset
gen. muurahaisen
genitive muurahaisen muurahaisten
muurahaisien
partitive muurahaista muurahaisia
inessive muurahaisessa muurahaisissa
elative muurahaisesta muurahaisista
illative muurahaiseen muurahaisiin
adessive muurahaisella muurahaisilla
ablative muurahaiselta muurahaisilta
allative muurahaiselle muurahaisille
essive muurahaisena muurahaisina
translative muurahaiseksi muurahaisiksi
instructive — muurahaisin
abessive muurahaisetta muurahaisitta
comitative — muurahaisineen
Possessive forms of muurahainen (type nainen)
possessor singular plural
1st person muurahaiseni muurahaisemme
2nd person muurahaisesi muurahaisenne
3rd person muurahaisensa

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