onneton
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *onnët'oin, equivalent to onni (“happiness, luck”) + -ton (“-less”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]onneton (comparative onnettomampi, superlative onnettomin) [with elative ‘about’]
- unhappy (not happy)
- 1860, J. L. Runeberg, translated by K. Kiljander, Nadeschda: Yhdeksæn laulua Johan Ludvig Runebergiltæ, Kuopio, Kahdeksas Laulu, using Wolmar Schildt's proposed orthography, page 71:
- Koska tuossa hæn epäillen vîpŷ,
Itsekiusâjana onnetonna,
Hæilytetty lîkutuksiltansa,
Pæivæ laskeksen ja ilta nousê
Mân ylitse rusko-sîvillænsæ.- [Koska tuossa hän epäillen viipyy,
Itsekiusaajana onnetonna,
Häilytetty liikutuksiltansa,
Päivä laskeksen ja ilta nousee
Maan ylitse rusko-siivillänsä.] - There he stays in doubt,
an unhappy man bothering himself,
rocked by his own emotions,
as the sun sets and evening rises
above the earth with its brown wings.
- [Koska tuossa hän epäillen viipyy,
- miserable (which brings (only) misery)
- very poor, terrible, wretched
- unfortunate (not favored by fortune)
- Synonyms: epäonninen, epäonnekas
Declension
[edit]Inflection of onneton (Kotus type 34*C/onneton, tt-t gradation) | |||
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nominative | onneton | onnettomat | |
genitive | onnettoman | onnettomien | |
partitive | onnetonta | onnettomia | |
illative | onnettomaan | onnettomiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | onneton | onnettomat | |
accusative | nom. | onneton | onnettomat |
gen. | onnettoman | ||
genitive | onnettoman | onnettomien onnetonten rare | |
partitive | onnetonta | onnettomia | |
inessive | onnettomassa | onnettomissa | |
elative | onnettomasta | onnettomista | |
illative | onnettomaan | onnettomiin | |
adessive | onnettomalla | onnettomilla | |
ablative | onnettomalta | onnettomilta | |
allative | onnettomalle | onnettomille | |
essive | onnettomana | onnettomina | |
translative | onnettomaksi | onnettomiksi | |
abessive | onnettomatta | onnettomitta | |
instructive | — | onnettomin | |
comitative | — | onnettomine |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “onneton”, 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
Categories:
- Finnish terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms suffixed with -ton
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/onːeton
- Rhymes:Finnish/onːeton/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish adjectives
- Finnish terms with quotations
- Finnish onneton-type nominals