sekaisin

Finnish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsekɑi̯sin/, [ˈs̠e̞kɑi̯s̠in]
  • Rhymes: -ekɑisin
  • Syllabification(key): se‧kai‧sin

Etymology 1

seka- +‎ -isin

Adverb

sekaisin

  1. in disorder, in confusion, upside down, messy
    Huoneeni on sekaisin. ― My room is a mess.
  2. (often with vähän (“a little”)) baffled, bewildered, confused, perplexed
    Anteeksi, olen vähän sekaisin - missä on tuomiokirkko?
    Excuse me, I'm slightly confused - where's the cathedral?
  3. (often with aivan (“quite”)) nuts, bats in the belfry, insane
    Hän on aivan sekaisin. ― He's gone nuts. / He's got bats in the belfry.
    Hän on onnesta sekaisin. ― He's insane with happiness.
  4. upset (of a stomach)
    Vatsani on sekaisin. ― I've got an upset stomach. / My stomach turns.
Inflection
Declension of sekaisin
noun case singular pluraladverbial
form		 singular plural
nominative seka- –superessive – –
genitive – –delative – –
partitive – –sublative – –
accusative – –lative – –
inessive seassa –temporal – –
elative seasta –causative – –
illative sekaan –multiplicative – –
adessive – –distributive – –
ablative – –temp. dist. – sekaisin
allative – –prolative – –
essive – –situative – –
translative – –oppositive – –
instructive – –
abessive – –
comitative – –
Synonyms

Adjective

sekaisin

  1. superlative degree of sekainen
Declension
Inflection of sekaisin (Kotus type 36/sisin, mp-mm gradation)
nominative sekaisin sekaisimmat
genitive sekaisimman sekaisimpien
sekaisinten
partitive sekaisinta sekaisimpia
illative sekaisimpaan sekaisimpiin
singular plural
nominative sekaisin sekaisimmat
accusative nom. sekaisin sekaisimmat
gen. sekaisimman
genitive sekaisimman sekaisimpien
sekaisinten
sekaisimpainrare
partitive sekaisinta sekaisimpia
inessive sekaisimmassa sekaisimmissa
elative sekaisimmasta sekaisimmista
illative sekaisimpaan sekaisimpiin
adessive sekaisimmalla sekaisimmilla
ablative sekaisimmalta sekaisimmilta
allative sekaisimmalle sekaisimmille
essive sekaisimpana sekaisimpina
translative sekaisimmaksi sekaisimmiksi
instructive — sekaisimmin
abessive sekaisimmatta sekaisimmitta
comitative — sekaisimpine
Possessive forms of sekaisin (type sisin)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.
possessor singular plural
1st person sekaisimpani sekaisimpamme
2nd person sekaisimpasi sekaisimpanne
3rd person sekaisimpansa

Adjective

sekaisin

  1. instructive plural of sekainen

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