hankala
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See also: Hankala
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]hankala (comparative hankalampi, superlative hankalin)
- difficult, challenging (hard, not easy, requiring much effort)
- cumbersome, troublesome, burdensome, wearisome (requiring much work)
- inconvenient (not easy)
- awkward (not easily managed or effected)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of hankala (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | hankala | hankalat | |
genitive | hankalan | hankalien | |
partitive | hankalaa | hankalia | |
illative | hankalaan | hankaliin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | hankala | hankalat | |
accusative | nom. | hankala | hankalat |
gen. | hankalan | ||
genitive | hankalan | hankalien hankalain rare | |
partitive | hankalaa | hankalia | |
inessive | hankalassa | hankalissa | |
elative | hankalasta | hankalista | |
illative | hankalaan | hankaliin | |
adessive | hankalalla | hankalilla | |
ablative | hankalalta | hankalilta | |
allative | hankalalle | hankalille | |
essive | hankalana | hankalina | |
translative | hankalaksi | hankaliksi | |
abessive | hankalatta | hankalitta | |
instructive | — | hankalin | |
comitative | — | hankaline |
Synonyms
[edit]- (difficult): haastava, vaikea
- (cumbersome): vaivalloinen
- (inconvenient): epämukava
- (awkward): kiusallinen, vaikea
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “hankala”, 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