mammanpoika
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
mamman (“mama's”) + poika (“son, boy”)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mammanpoika
- (derogatory) mama's boy, momma's boy, mollycoddle (male person who is or is claimed to be overly attached to or influenced by his mother)
- sissy (of a male, overly timid and unassertive)
Declension edit
Inflection of mammanpoika (Kotus type 10*/koira, ik-j gradation) | ||||
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nominative | mammanpoika | mammanpojat | ||
genitive | mammanpojan | mammanpoikien | ||
partitive | mammanpoikaa | mammanpoikia | ||
illative | mammanpoikaan | mammanpoikiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | mammanpoika | mammanpojat | ||
accusative | nom. | mammanpoika | mammanpojat | |
gen. | mammanpojan | |||
genitive | mammanpojan | mammanpoikien mammanpoikainrare | ||
partitive | mammanpoikaa | mammanpoikia | ||
inessive | mammanpojassa | mammanpojissa | ||
elative | mammanpojasta | mammanpojista | ||
illative | mammanpoikaan | mammanpoikiin | ||
adessive | mammanpojalla | mammanpojilla | ||
ablative | mammanpojalta | mammanpojilta | ||
allative | mammanpojalle | mammanpojille | ||
essive | mammanpoikana | mammanpoikina | ||
translative | mammanpojaksi | mammanpojiksi | ||
abessive | mammanpojatta | mammanpojitta | ||
instructive | — | mammanpojin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Further reading edit
- “mammanpoika”, 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 2023-07-03