melankolinen
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Internationalism (see English melancholy), ultimately from Ancient Greek μελαγχολία (melankholía) and adapted with the adjectival suffix + -inen.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈmelɑŋkolinen/, [ˈme̞lɑ̝ŋˌko̞line̞n]
- Rhymes: -olinen
- Syllabification(key): me‧lan‧ko‧li‧nen
Adjective
[edit]melankolinen (comparative melankolisempi, superlative melankolisin)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of melankolinen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | melankolinen | melankoliset | |
genitive | melankolisen | melankolisten melankolisien | |
partitive | melankolista | melankolisia | |
illative | melankoliseen | melankolisiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | melankolinen | melankoliset | |
accusative | nom. | melankolinen | melankoliset |
gen. | melankolisen | ||
genitive | melankolisen | melankolisten melankolisien | |
partitive | melankolista | melankolisia | |
inessive | melankolisessa | melankolisissa | |
elative | melankolisesta | melankolisista | |
illative | melankoliseen | melankolisiin | |
adessive | melankolisella | melankolisilla | |
ablative | melankoliselta | melankolisilta | |
allative | melankoliselle | melankolisille | |
essive | melankolisena | melankolisina | |
translative | melankoliseksi | melankolisiksi | |
abessive | melankolisetta | melankolisitta | |
instructive | — | melankolisin | |
comitative | — | melankolisine |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “melankolinen”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja[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