entinen
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *entinen. Equivalent to ensi- + -inen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]entinen (comparative entisempi, superlative entisin) (comparative rare, superlative almost theoretical)
- former, erstwhile, previous
- entisessä Neuvostoliitossa ― in the former Soviet Union
- Olen entinen opettaja.
- I am a former teacher.
- Ukki muisteli entistä elämäänsä.
- Grandpa reminisced about his former life.
- Pelto on entistä suota.
- The field is a former swamp.
- Uusi asuntoni on paljon tilavampi kuin entinen.
- My new apartment is much more spacious than the previous one.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of entinen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | entinen | entiset | |
genitive | entisen | entisten entisien | |
partitive | entistä | entisiä | |
illative | entiseen | entisiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | entinen | entiset | |
accusative | nom. | entinen | entiset |
gen. | entisen | ||
genitive | entisen | entisten entisien | |
partitive | entistä | entisiä | |
inessive | entisessä | entisissä | |
elative | entisestä | entisistä | |
illative | entiseen | entisiin | |
adessive | entisellä | entisillä | |
ablative | entiseltä | entisiltä | |
allative | entiselle | entisille | |
essive | entisenä | entisinä | |
translative | entiseksi | entisiksi | |
abessive | entisettä | entisittä | |
instructive | — | entisin | |
comitative | — | entisine |
Synonyms
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Further reading
[edit]- “entinen”, 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 2023-07-02
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- Finnish terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms suffixed with -inen
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/entinen
- Rhymes:Finnish/entinen/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish adjectives
- Finnish terms with usage examples
- Finnish nainen-type nominals