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-nainen
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nainen -näinen
Finnish
Etymology
fi nominal -na<pos:essive suffix> inen. Probably inspired by adverbs like fi kokonaan, fi yksinään.
Suffix
adjective näinen naise
forms adjectives, mostly describing a quality or property of the structure of something
fi koko whole kokonainen whole, entire, complete
fi irto- prefix loose, separate irtonainen loose, separate
fi yksi one -näinen yhtenäinen uniform
Usage notes
In many cases attached to the plural stem, likely often by analogy; in some cases, simply has an analogous -i- (even when the base stem does not have a plural stem, or the plural stem would give a different form).
Declension
adj -nai a
Derived terms
fi
References