filistealainen

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Finnish

Etymology

Filistea +‎ -lainen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfilisteɑlɑi̯nen/,
  • Rhymes: -ɑinen
  • Hyphenation(key): fi‧lis‧tea‧lai‧nen

Noun

filistealainen

  1. (biblical) A Philistine (person from Philistia).
  2. a materialistic, self-interested person not interested in spiritual or cultural matters

Declension

Inflection of filistealainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
nominative filistealainen filistealaiset
genitive filistealaisen filistealaisten
filistealaisien
partitive filistealaista filistealaisia
illative filistealaiseen filistealaisiin
singular plural
nominative filistealainen filistealaiset
accusative nom. filistealainen filistealaiset
gen. filistealaisen
genitive filistealaisen filistealaisten
filistealaisien
partitive filistealaista filistealaisia
inessive filistealaisessa filistealaisissa
elative filistealaisesta filistealaisista
illative filistealaiseen filistealaisiin
adessive filistealaisella filistealaisilla
ablative filistealaiselta filistealaisilta
allative filistealaiselle filistealaisille
essive filistealaisena filistealaisina
translative filistealaiseksi filistealaisiksi
abessive filistealaisetta filistealaisitta
instructive filistealaisin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of filistealainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)

Adjective

filistealainen

  1. Philistine (of or pertaining to the ancient Philistines).
  2. materialistic, anti-intellectual, non-spiritual

Declension

Possessive forms of filistealainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.

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