teini
See also: Teini
Finnish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Old Swedish diäkn, deghn, compare Swedish djäkne, ultimately from Ancient Greek διάκονος (diákonos). The historical sense listed below is the original one. Its current meaning "teen" is taken from English teen and the Finnish word is sometimes considered to originate from the English one, even though the words are not etymologically related.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editteini
Declension
editInflection of teini (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | teini | teinit | |
genitive | teinin | teinien | |
partitive | teiniä | teinejä | |
illative | teiniin | teineihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | teini | teinit | |
accusative | nom. | teini | teinit |
gen. | teinin | ||
genitive | teinin | teinien | |
partitive | teiniä | teinejä | |
inessive | teinissä | teineissä | |
elative | teinistä | teineistä | |
illative | teiniin | teineihin | |
adessive | teinillä | teineillä | |
ablative | teiniltä | teineiltä | |
allative | teinille | teineille | |
essive | teininä | teineinä | |
translative | teiniksi | teineiksi | |
abessive | teinittä | teineittä | |
instructive | — | teinein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
editcompounds
Further reading
edit- “teini”, 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
Anagrams
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- Finnish terms borrowed from Old Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from Old Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Finnish terms derived from English
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/eini
- Rhymes:Finnish/eini/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish terms with historical senses
- Finnish risti-type nominals
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- Old Norse non-lemma forms
- Old Norse noun forms