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vakinainen

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See also: väkinäinen

Finnish

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Etymology

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vaki- +‎ -nainen

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑkinɑi̯nen/, [ˈʋɑ̝k̟iˌnɑ̝i̯ne̞n]
  • Rhymes: -ɑinen
  • Hyphenation(key): va‧ki‧nai‧nen

Adjective

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vakinainen (not comparable)

  1. permanent, standing (not of a temporary nature)
    Etsimme insinööriä vakinaiseen tehtävään.
    We are looking for an engineer for a permanent position.
  2. regular (characterized by a constant, habitual pattern of visits, e.g. of a guest or one's place of employment)
  3. steady (with whom one is going steady)

Declension

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Inflection of vakinainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
nominative vakinainen vakinaiset
genitive vakinaisen vakinaisten
vakinaisien
partitive vakinaista vakinaisia
illative vakinaiseen vakinaisiin
singular plural
nominative vakinainen vakinaiset
accusative nom. vakinainen vakinaiset
gen. vakinaisen
genitive vakinaisen vakinaisten
vakinaisien
partitive vakinaista vakinaisia
inessive vakinaisessa vakinaisissa
elative vakinaisesta vakinaisista
illative vakinaiseen vakinaisiin
adessive vakinaisella vakinaisilla
ablative vakinaiselta vakinaisilta
allative vakinaiselle vakinaisille
essive vakinaisena vakinaisina
translative vakinaiseksi vakinaisiksi
abessive vakinaisetta vakinaisitta
instructive vakinaisin
comitative vakinaisine
Possessive forms of vakinainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.

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