kitulias
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From kitua (“to linger”) + -lias.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
kitulias (comparative kituliaampi, superlative kituliain)
- stunted, runty, runtish, scrubby (inferior in size, prevented from growing or developing)
- withered (shrivelled, shrunken or faded, especially due to lack of water)
Declension edit
Inflection of kitulias (Kotus type 41/vieras, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | kitulias | kituliaat | |
genitive | kituliaan | kituliaiden kituliaitten | |
partitive | kituliasta | kituliaita | |
illative | kituliaaseen | kituliaisiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kitulias | kituliaat | |
accusative | nom. | kitulias | kituliaat |
gen. | kituliaan | ||
genitive | kituliaan | kituliaiden kituliaitten kituliastenrare | |
partitive | kituliasta | kituliaita | |
inessive | kituliaassa | kituliaissa | |
elative | kituliaasta | kituliaista | |
illative | kituliaaseen | kituliaisiin kituliaihinrare | |
adessive | kituliaalla | kituliailla | |
ablative | kituliaalta | kituliailta | |
allative | kituliaalle | kituliaille | |
essive | kituliaana | kituliaina | |
translative | kituliaaksi | kituliaiksi | |
abessive | kituliaatta | kituliaitta | |
instructive | — | kituliain | |
comitative | — | kituliaine |
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Further reading edit
- “kitulias”, 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