parhain
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The regular superlative of paras, which was not originally the superlative of hyvä as it is today.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]parhain
Declension
[edit]Inflection of parhain (Kotus type 36*H/sisin, mp-mm gradation) | |||
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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 |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “parhain”, 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 2023-12-01