korkuinen
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]korkeus + -inen, with simplification eui > ui.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]korkuinen
- (genitive and/or possessive suffix +) (as) high (as), having the height (of)
- kolmen metrin korkuinen ― three meters high
- kahdeksankerroksisen talon korkuinen ― as high as an eight-storey house
Declension
[edit]Inflection of korkuinen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | korkuinen | korkuiset | |
genitive | korkuisen | korkuisten korkuisien | |
partitive | korkuista | korkuisia | |
illative | korkuiseen | korkuisiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | korkuinen | korkuiset | |
accusative | nom. | korkuinen | korkuiset |
gen. | korkuisen | ||
genitive | korkuisen | korkuisten korkuisien | |
partitive | korkuista | korkuisia | |
inessive | korkuisessa | korkuisissa | |
elative | korkuisesta | korkuisista | |
illative | korkuiseen | korkuisiin | |
adessive | korkuisella | korkuisilla | |
ablative | korkuiselta | korkuisilta | |
allative | korkuiselle | korkuisille | |
essive | korkuisena | korkuisina | |
translative | korkuiseksi | korkuisiksi | |
abessive | korkuisetta | korkuisitta | |
instructive | — | korkuisin | |
comitative | — | korkuisine |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “korkuinen”, 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