mannekiini
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mannekiini
- (dated) model, mannequin (person employed for modeling clothes, make-up etc.)
- dummy
- (figuratively) showpiece; something or someone used as real-life example, either good or bad
Declension
[edit]Inflection of mannekiini (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | mannekiini | mannekiinit | |
genitive | mannekiinin | mannekiinien | |
partitive | mannekiinia | mannekiineja | |
illative | mannekiiniin | mannekiineihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | mannekiini | mannekiinit | |
accusative | nom. | mannekiini | mannekiinit |
gen. | mannekiinin | ||
genitive | mannekiinin | mannekiinien | |
partitive | mannekiinia | mannekiineja | |
inessive | mannekiinissa | mannekiineissa | |
elative | mannekiinista | mannekiineista | |
illative | mannekiiniin | mannekiineihin | |
adessive | mannekiinilla | mannekiineilla | |
ablative | mannekiinilta | mannekiineilta | |
allative | mannekiinille | mannekiineille | |
essive | mannekiinina | mannekiineina | |
translative | mannekiiniksi | mannekiineiksi | |
abessive | mannekiinitta | mannekiineitta | |
instructive | — | mannekiinein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit]- (model): malli
- (dummy): mallinukke
- (showpiece): esimerkki
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “mannekiini”, 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 2023-07-03