raadollinen
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]rato- + -llinen. The word originally probably meant "exile, vagrant", with a later shift to its current meaning, after which it became associated with raato by folk etymology.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]raadollinen (comparative raadollisempi, superlative raadollisin)
- wretched, miserable (of someone)
- cruel, despicable, unscrupulous (of something)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of raadollinen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | raadollinen | raadolliset | |
genitive | raadollisen | raadollisten raadollisien | |
partitive | raadollista | raadollisia | |
illative | raadolliseen | raadollisiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | raadollinen | raadolliset | |
accusative | nom. | raadollinen | raadolliset |
gen. | raadollisen | ||
genitive | raadollisen | raadollisten raadollisien | |
partitive | raadollista | raadollisia | |
inessive | raadollisessa | raadollisissa | |
elative | raadollisesta | raadollisista | |
illative | raadolliseen | raadollisiin | |
adessive | raadollisella | raadollisilla | |
ablative | raadolliselta | raadollisilta | |
allative | raadolliselle | raadollisille | |
essive | raadollisena | raadollisina | |
translative | raadolliseksi | raadollisiksi | |
abessive | raadollisetta | raadollisitta | |
instructive | — | raadollisin | |
comitative | — | raadollisine |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- “raadollinen”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (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