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birgittalainen

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Finnish

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A Bridgettine nun

Etymology

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Swedish Birgitta +‎ -lainen

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbirɡitːɑlɑi̯nen/, [ˈbirɡit̪̚ˌt̪ɑ̝lɑ̝i̯ne̞n]
  • Rhymes: -ɑinen
  • Hyphenation(key): bir‧git‧ta‧lai‧nen

Noun

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birgittalainen

  1. Bridgettine, Birgittine (member of the Order of the Most Holy Savior, an Augustinian monastic order of nuns, religious sisters and monks founded by Saint Birgitta a.k.a. Saint Bridget of Sweden in 1344, and approved by Pope Urban V in 1370)

Declension

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Inflection of birgittalainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
nominative birgittalainen birgittalaiset
genitive birgittalaisen birgittalaisten
birgittalaisien
partitive birgittalaista birgittalaisia
illative birgittalaiseen birgittalaisiin
singular plural
nominative birgittalainen birgittalaiset
accusative nom. birgittalainen birgittalaiset
gen. birgittalaisen
genitive birgittalaisen birgittalaisten
birgittalaisien
partitive birgittalaista birgittalaisia
inessive birgittalaisessa birgittalaisissa
elative birgittalaisesta birgittalaisista
illative birgittalaiseen birgittalaisiin
adessive birgittalaisella birgittalaisilla
ablative birgittalaiselta birgittalaisilta
allative birgittalaiselle birgittalaisille
essive birgittalaisena birgittalaisina
translative birgittalaiseksi birgittalaisiksi
abessive birgittalaisetta birgittalaisitta
instructive birgittalaisin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of birgittalainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)

Derived terms

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compounds

Adjective

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birgittalainen

  1. Bridgettine, Birgittine (of or pertaining to this order, its teachings or its members)

Declension

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Possessive forms of birgittalainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.