millainen
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
By assimilation from dialectal minlainen, from min(kä) (“of which”) + -lainen (“kind of”). Cognate with Estonian milline (“what, what kind of”) and Ingrian millain, miltain, milläin (“what kind of”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
millainen (not comparable)
Usage notes edit
In everyday spoken language there are other variants of this word such as mimmonen and millanen which are well used and understood but which are considered as improper for use in the formal written language.
Declension edit
Inflection of millainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | millainen | millaiset | |
genitive | millaisen | millaisten millaisien | |
partitive | millaista | millaisia | |
illative | millaiseen | millaisiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | millainen | millaiset | |
accusative | nom. | millainen | millaiset |
gen. | millaisen | ||
genitive | millaisen | millaisten millaisien | |
partitive | millaista | millaisia | |
inessive | millaisessa | millaisissa | |
elative | millaisesta | millaisista | |
illative | millaiseen | millaisiin | |
adessive | millaisella | millaisilla | |
ablative | millaiselta | millaisilta | |
allative | millaiselle | millaisille | |
essive | millaisena | millaisina | |
translative | millaiseksi | millaisiksi | |
abessive | millaisetta | millaisitta | |
instructive | — | millaisin | |
comitative | — | millaisine |
Synonyms edit
Further reading edit
- “millainen”, 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