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-maton
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maton matón matön -mätön Maton
Finnish
Alternative forms
fi -matoin archaic or dialectal
Etymology
From fi urj-fin-pro *-mat'oin. Equivalent to fi nominal -ma ton.
Suffix
adjective mätön
Forms negative adjectives indicating lack of an action from intransitive verbs; un- -ed
fi olla to be olematon nonexistent
Forms negative adjectives indicating lack of action upon the object from transitive verbs; un- -ed
fi jakaa to divide jakamaton undivided
fi syödä to eat -mätön syömätön uneaten
Forms negative adjectives indicating incapability from transitive verbs; in- -able, un- -able
fi kieltää to deny -mätön kieltämätön undeniable
fi lukea to count lukematon innumerable
Usage notes
The corresponding positive adjectives are formed with multiple different suffixes. Sense 1 corresponds to adjectival use of active participles formed with fi -va, fi -nut, sense 2 to passive participles formed with fi -ttu, sense 3 to passive participles formed with fi -ttava.
Declension
adj -ma a
Derived terms
fi
fi -mattomuus
References
Anagrams
fi amnot manto monta