alkuaine

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Finnish

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Etymology

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alku (beginning, origin) +‎ aine (matter). Coined by Finnish priest Anders Gabriel Wikman in 1829.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɑlkuˌɑi̯neˣ/, [ˈɑ̝lkuˌɑ̝i̯ne̞(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -ɑine
  • Syllabification(key): al‧ku‧ai‧ne

Noun

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alkuaine

  1. (chemistry) chemical element, element
  2. (chemistry) elementary substance
    alkuainehiilielemental carbon

Declension

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Inflection of alkuaine (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation)
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.
Possessive forms of alkuaine (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation)

Derived terms

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compounds

Further reading

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