varsinainen
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]varsi (“stem, handle”) + -nainen. Coined by Finnish physician and philologist Elias Lönnrot in 1836; originally "permanent" in the folk language.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]varsinainen (not comparable)
- proper, actual, real, essential (in the very strictest sense of the word; entitled to its name, true)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of varsinainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | varsinainen | varsinaiset | |
genitive | varsinaisen | varsinaisten varsinaisien | |
partitive | varsinaista | varsinaisia | |
illative | varsinaiseen | varsinaisiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | varsinainen | varsinaiset | |
accusative | nom. | varsinainen | varsinaiset |
gen. | varsinaisen | ||
genitive | varsinaisen | varsinaisten varsinaisien | |
partitive | varsinaista | varsinaisia | |
inessive | varsinaisessa | varsinaisissa | |
elative | varsinaisesta | varsinaisista | |
illative | varsinaiseen | varsinaisiin | |
adessive | varsinaisella | varsinaisilla | |
ablative | varsinaiselta | varsinaisilta | |
allative | varsinaiselle | varsinaisille | |
essive | varsinaisena | varsinaisina | |
translative | varsinaiseksi | varsinaisiksi | |
abessive | varsinaisetta | varsinaisitta | |
instructive | — | varsinaisin | |
comitative | — | varsinaisine |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “varsinainen”, 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 2023-07-04