alkuaine
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]alku (“beginning, origin”) + aine (“matter”). Coined by Finnish priest Anders Gabriel Wikman in 1829.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]alkuaine
- (chemistry) chemical element, element
- (chemistry) elementary substance
- alkuainehiili ― elemental carbon
Declension
[edit]Inflection of alkuaine (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | alkuaine | alkuaineet | |
genitive | alkuaineen | alkuaineiden alkuaineitten | |
partitive | alkuainetta | alkuaineita | |
illative | alkuaineeseen | alkuaineisiin alkuaineihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | alkuaine | alkuaineet | |
accusative | nom. | alkuaine | alkuaineet |
gen. | alkuaineen | ||
genitive | alkuaineen | alkuaineiden alkuaineitten | |
partitive | alkuainetta | alkuaineita | |
inessive | alkuaineessa | alkuaineissa | |
elative | alkuaineesta | alkuaineista | |
illative | alkuaineeseen | alkuaineisiin alkuaineihin | |
adessive | alkuaineella | alkuaineilla | |
ablative | alkuaineelta | alkuaineilta | |
allative | alkuaineelle | alkuaineille | |
essive | alkuaineena | alkuaineina | |
translative | alkuaineeksi | alkuaineiksi | |
abessive | alkuaineetta | alkuaineitta | |
instructive | — | alkuainein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “alkuaine”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja[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