sulhanen
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *sulhainën. Cognate with Estonian sulane, Ingrian sulhain, Karelian sulhaine and Votic sulhanõ (Kattila).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sulhanen
- groom, bridegroom (man who is about to marry)
- fiancé (man who is engaged to be married)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of sulhanen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | sulhanen | sulhaset | |
genitive | sulhasen | sulhasten sulhasien | |
partitive | sulhasta | sulhasia | |
illative | sulhaseen | sulhasiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | sulhanen | sulhaset | |
accusative | nom. | sulhanen | sulhaset |
gen. | sulhasen | ||
genitive | sulhasen | sulhasten sulhasien | |
partitive | sulhasta | sulhasia | |
inessive | sulhasessa | sulhasissa | |
elative | sulhasesta | sulhasista | |
illative | sulhaseen | sulhasiin | |
adessive | sulhasella | sulhasilla | |
ablative | sulhaselta | sulhasilta | |
allative | sulhaselle | sulhasille | |
essive | sulhasena | sulhasina | |
translative | sulhaseksi | sulhasiksi | |
abessive | sulhasetta | sulhasitta | |
instructive | — | sulhasin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “sulhanen”, 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