plastinen
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Internationalism (see English plastic), ultimately from Latin plasticus and adapted with the adjectival suffix + -inen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]plastinen (comparative plastisempi, superlative plastisin)
- plastic, malleable; flexible, pliant (capable of being moulded)
- plastic (biology: capable of adapting to varying conditions)
- plastic (of or pertaining to the inelastic, non-brittle, deformation of a materia)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of plastinen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | plastinen | plastiset | |
genitive | plastisen | plastisten plastisien | |
partitive | plastista | plastisia | |
illative | plastiseen | plastisiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | plastinen | plastiset | |
accusative | nom. | plastinen | plastiset |
gen. | plastisen | ||
genitive | plastisen | plastisten plastisien | |
partitive | plastista | plastisia | |
inessive | plastisessa | plastisissa | |
elative | plastisesta | plastisista | |
illative | plastiseen | plastisiin | |
adessive | plastisella | plastisilla | |
ablative | plastiselta | plastisilta | |
allative | plastiselle | plastisille | |
essive | plastisena | plastisina | |
translative | plastiseksi | plastisiksi | |
abessive | plastisetta | plastisitta | |
instructive | — | plastisin | |
comitative | — | plastisine |
Synonyms
[edit]- (malleable): muovailtava
- (capable of adapting): mukautuva, muuntautumiskykyinen
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “plastinen”, 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