haamumaili
Finnish
editEtymology
edithaamu (“ghost”) + maili (“mile”)
Pronunciation
editNoun
edithaamumaili
- four-minute mile (instance of running the distance of one mile in under four minutes, an achievement once regarded as impossible)
Declension
editInflection of haamumaili (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | haamumaili | haamumailit | |
genitive | haamumailin | haamumailien | |
partitive | haamumailia | haamumaileja | |
illative | haamumailiin | haamumaileihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | haamumaili | haamumailit | |
accusative | nom. | haamumaili | haamumailit |
gen. | haamumailin | ||
genitive | haamumailin | haamumailien | |
partitive | haamumailia | haamumaileja | |
inessive | haamumailissa | haamumaileissa | |
elative | haamumailista | haamumaileista | |
illative | haamumailiin | haamumaileihin | |
adessive | haamumaililla | haamumaileilla | |
ablative | haamumaililta | haamumaileilta | |
allative | haamumailille | haamumaileille | |
essive | haamumailina | haamumaileina | |
translative | haamumailiksi | haamumaileiksi | |
abessive | haamumailitta | haamumaileitta | |
instructive | — | haamumailein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “haamumaili”, 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