harvinainen

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Finnish

Etymology

harvi- +‎ -nainen; the -i- is not regular, but may be by contamination from the dialectal harviainen (= harva +‎ -iainen). Coined by Finnish physician and philologist Elias Lönnrot in 1851.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɑrʋinɑi̯nen/,
  • Rhymes: -ɑinen
  • Syllabification(key): har‧vi‧nai‧nen
  • Hyphenation(key): har‧vi‧nai‧nen

Adjective

harvinainen (comparative harvinaisempi, superlative harvinaisin)

  1. rare, uncommon

Declension

Inflection of harvinainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
nominative harvinainen harvinaiset
genitive harvinaisen harvinaisten
harvinaisien
partitive harvinaista harvinaisia
illative harvinaiseen harvinaisiin
singular plural
nominative harvinainen harvinaiset
accusative nom. harvinainen harvinaiset
gen. harvinaisen
genitive harvinaisen harvinaisten
harvinaisien
partitive harvinaista harvinaisia
inessive harvinaisessa harvinaisissa
elative harvinaisesta harvinaisista
illative harvinaiseen harvinaisiin
adessive harvinaisella harvinaisilla
ablative harvinaiselta harvinaisilta
allative harvinaiselle harvinaisille
essive harvinaisena harvinaisina
translative harvinaiseksi harvinaisiksi
abessive harvinaisetta harvinaisitta
instructive harvinaisin
comitative harvinaisine
Possessive forms of harvinainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.

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