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parhain

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Finnish

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Etymology

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The regular superlative of paras, which was not originally the superlative of hyvä as it is today.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpɑrhɑi̯n/, [ˈpɑ̝rhɑ̝i̯n]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrhɑin
  • Hyphenation(key): par‧hain

Adjective

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parhain

  1. superlative degree of hyvä
  2. instructive plural of paras

Declension

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Inflection of parhain (Kotus type 36*H/sisin, mp-mm gradation)
nominative parhain parhaimmat
genitive parhaimman parhaimpien
parhainten
partitive parhainta parhaimpia
illative parhaimpaan parhaimpiin
singular plural
nominative parhain parhaimmat
accusative nom. parhain parhaimmat
gen. parhaimman
genitive parhaimman parhaimpien
parhainten
parhaimpain rare
partitive parhainta parhaimpia
inessive parhaimmassa parhaimmissa
elative parhaimmasta parhaimmista
illative parhaimpaan parhaimpiin
adessive parhaimmalla parhaimmilla
ablative parhaimmalta parhaimmilta
allative parhaimmalle parhaimmille
essive parhaimpana parhaimpina
translative parhaimmaksi parhaimmiksi
abessive parhaimmatta parhaimmitta
instructive parhaimmin
comitative parhaimpine
Possessive forms of parhain (Kotus type 36*H/sisin, mp-mm gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.

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