naismainen
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]naismainen (comparative naismaisempi, superlative naismaisin)
- effeminate, womanlike, womanish, feminine (usually of a male, acting in ways stereotypically associated with women)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of naismainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | naismainen | naismaiset | |
genitive | naismaisen | naismaisten naismaisien | |
partitive | naismaista | naismaisia | |
illative | naismaiseen | naismaisiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | naismainen | naismaiset | |
accusative | nom. | naismainen | naismaiset |
gen. | naismaisen | ||
genitive | naismaisen | naismaisten naismaisien | |
partitive | naismaista | naismaisia | |
inessive | naismaisessa | naismaisissa | |
elative | naismaisesta | naismaisista | |
illative | naismaiseen | naismaisiin | |
adessive | naismaisella | naismaisilla | |
ablative | naismaiselta | naismaisilta | |
allative | naismaiselle | naismaisille | |
essive | naismaisena | naismaisina | |
translative | naismaiseksi | naismaisiksi | |
abessive | naismaisetta | naismaisitta | |
instructive | — | naismaisin | |
comitative | — | naismaisine |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “naismainen”, 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