harvinainen
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]harvi- + -nainen; the -i- is not regular, but may be by contamination from the dialectal harviainen (= harva + -iainen). Coined by Finnish physician and philologist Elias Lönnrot in 1851.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]harvinainen (comparative harvinaisempi, superlative harvinaisin)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of harvinainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | harvinainen | harvinaiset | |
genitive | harvinaisen | harvinaisten harvinaisien | |
partitive | harvinaista | harvinaisia | |
illative | harvinaiseen | harvinaisiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | harvinainen | harvinaiset | |
accusative | nom. | harvinainen | harvinaiset |
gen. | harvinaisen | ||
genitive | harvinaisen | harvinaisten harvinaisien | |
partitive | harvinaista | harvinaisia | |
inessive | harvinaisessa | harvinaisissa | |
elative | harvinaisesta | harvinaisista | |
illative | harvinaiseen | harvinaisiin | |
adessive | harvinaisella | harvinaisilla | |
ablative | harvinaiselta | harvinaisilta | |
allative | harvinaiselle | harvinaisille | |
essive | harvinaisena | harvinaisina | |
translative | harvinaiseksi | harvinaisiksi | |
abessive | harvinaisetta | harvinaisitta | |
instructive | — | harvinaisin | |
comitative | — | harvinaisine |
Antonyms
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Further reading
[edit]- “harvinainen”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][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