Parainen

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Finnish

Etymology

From earlier *Parkainen (compare borrowed Swedish Pargas), probably derived from an unknown stem *parka- which has been variously connected with a substrate word meaning "sand field" and Finnish parka (“poor, someone pitiful”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɑrɑi̯nen/,
  • Rhymes: -ɑrɑinen
  • Syllabification(key): Pa‧rai‧nen
  • Hyphenation(key): Pa‧rai‧nen

Proper noun

Parainen

  1. Pargas (a town and municipality of Southwest Finland, in the Archipelago Sea)

Usage notes

  • In Finnish, the correct inflection of placenames is determined by the local practice. Parainen is a singular word, but it is inflected in plural. However, in partitive and translative also singular is used.

Declension

The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Parainen" is Paraisilla.

Inflection of Parainen (type 38/nainen)
singular plural
nominative Parainen –
genitive – Paraisten
partitive Paraista Paraisia
accusative Parainen
Paraisen 		–
inessive – Paraisissa
elative – Paraisista
illative – Paraisiin
adessive – Paraisilla
ablative – Paraisilta
allative – Paraisille
essive – Paraisina
translative Paraiseksi Paraisiksi
abessive – Paraisitta
instructive – Paraisin
comitative – Paraisineen

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