satunnainen
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]sattua (“to happen by chance”) + -nnainen. Coined by Finnish teacher and linguist Gustaf Erik Eurén in 1860.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]satunnainen (comparative satunnaisempi, superlative satunnaisin)
- coincidental, random (occurring as or resulting from coincidence; unpredictable; occurring for no particular reason)
- (statistics, mathematics) random (involving an outcome which is impossible to predict, but which may be represented by a probability distribution)
- (accounting) extraordinary (not normal; unlikely to reoccur)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of satunnainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | satunnainen | satunnaiset | |
genitive | satunnaisen | satunnaisten satunnaisien | |
partitive | satunnaista | satunnaisia | |
illative | satunnaiseen | satunnaisiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | satunnainen | satunnaiset | |
accusative | nom. | satunnainen | satunnaiset |
gen. | satunnaisen | ||
genitive | satunnaisen | satunnaisten satunnaisien | |
partitive | satunnaista | satunnaisia | |
inessive | satunnaisessa | satunnaisissa | |
elative | satunnaisesta | satunnaisista | |
illative | satunnaiseen | satunnaisiin | |
adessive | satunnaisella | satunnaisilla | |
ablative | satunnaiselta | satunnaisilta | |
allative | satunnaiselle | satunnaisille | |
essive | satunnaisena | satunnaisina | |
translative | satunnaiseksi | satunnaisiksi | |
abessive | satunnaisetta | satunnaisitta | |
instructive | — | satunnaisin | |
comitative | — | satunnaisine |
Derived terms
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Further reading
[edit]- “satunnainen”, 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 suffixed with -nnainen
- Finnish terms coined by Gustaf Erik Eurén
- Finnish coinages
- Finnish 4-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑinen
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑinen/4 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish adjectives
- fi:Statistics
- fi:Mathematics
- fi:Accounting
- Finnish nainen-type nominals