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dorsaalinen

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Internationalism (see English dorsal), ultimately from Medieval Latin dorsālis and adapted with the adjectival suffix +‎ -inen.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdorsɑːlinen/, [ˈdo̞rs̠ɑ̝ːˌline̞n]
  • Rhymes: -inen
  • Hyphenation(key): dor‧saa‧li‧nen

Adjective

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dorsaalinen

  1. (anatomy) dorsal (relating to the side in which the backbone is located, or the analogous side of an invertebrate)
  2. (anatomy) dorsal (relating to the top surface of the foot or hand)
  3. (linguistics) dorsal (of a sound produced using the top side of the tongue)

Declension

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Inflection of dorsaalinen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
nominative dorsaalinen dorsaaliset
genitive dorsaalisen dorsaalisten
dorsaalisien
partitive dorsaalista dorsaalisia
illative dorsaaliseen dorsaalisiin
singular plural
nominative dorsaalinen dorsaaliset
accusative nom. dorsaalinen dorsaaliset
gen. dorsaalisen
genitive dorsaalisen dorsaalisten
dorsaalisien
partitive dorsaalista dorsaalisia
inessive dorsaalisessa dorsaalisissa
elative dorsaalisesta dorsaalisista
illative dorsaaliseen dorsaalisiin
adessive dorsaalisella dorsaalisilla
ablative dorsaaliselta dorsaalisilta
allative dorsaaliselle dorsaalisille
essive dorsaalisena dorsaalisina
translative dorsaaliseksi dorsaalisiksi
abessive dorsaalisetta dorsaalisitta
instructive dorsaalisin
comitative dorsaalisine
Possessive forms of dorsaalinen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.

Synonyms

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