sellain

Finnish

Etymology

Dialectal form of sellainen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈselːɑi̯n/, [ˈs̠e̞lːɑ̝i̯n]
• Rhymes: -elːɑin
• Syllabification^(key): sel‧lain

Adjective

sellain (not comparable) (colloquial)

1. such (a), that kind of

   Haluan löytää sellain mies jonka todella halusin.

   I want to find the (kind of) man that I really want.

   Ei mulla oo lupaa tehdä sellain.

   I don't have permission to do that (kind of thing).

   Välillä sitten jumittaa sellai että ei toimi.

   Sometimes it gets stuck in such a way that it doesn't work.

Anagrams

• naselli

Ingrian

Etymology

From se (“this”) +‎ -lain. Akin to Finnish sellainen.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈselːɑi̯ne/, [ˈs̠e̞ɫːəi̯n]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈselːɑi̯n/, [ˈʃe̞ɫːɑi̯n]
• Rhymes: -elːɑi̯n
• Hyphenation: sel‧lain

Determiner

sellain

1. such (a)

Declension

Declension of sellain (type 1/kärpäin, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	sellain	sellaiset
genitive	sellaisen	sellaisiin
partitive	sellaista, sellaist	sellaisia
illative	sellaisee	sellaisii
inessive	sellaisees	sellaisiis
elative	sellaisest	sellaisist
allative	sellaiselle	sellaisille
adessive	sellaiseel	sellaisiil
ablative	sellaiselt	sellaisilt
translative	sellaiseks	sellaisiks
essive	sellaisenna, sellaiseen	sellaisinna, sellaisiin
exessive1)	sellaisent	sellaisint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms

• mokoma, semmoin

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 518