infinitiivi
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Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (see English infinitive), ultimately from Late Latin īnfīnītīvus.
Pronunciation
Noun
infinitiivi
- (grammar) infinitive (non-finite verb form; verbal noun formed from such a form)
Declension
| Inflection of infinitiivi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | infinitiivi | infinitiivit | |
| genitive | infinitiivin | infinitiivien | |
| partitive | infinitiiviä | infinitiivejä | |
| illative | infinitiiviin | infinitiiveihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | infinitiivi | infinitiivit | |
| accusative | nom. | infinitiivi | infinitiivit |
| gen. | infinitiivin | ||
| genitive | infinitiivin | infinitiivien | |
| partitive | infinitiiviä | infinitiivejä | |
| inessive | infinitiivissä | infinitiiveissä | |
| elative | infinitiivistä | infinitiiveistä | |
| illative | infinitiiviin | infinitiiveihin | |
| adessive | infinitiivillä | infinitiiveillä | |
| ablative | infinitiiviltä | infinitiiveiltä | |
| allative | infinitiiville | infinitiiveille | |
| essive | infinitiivinä | infinitiiveinä | |
| translative | infinitiiviksi | infinitiiveiksi | |
| abessive | infinitiivittä | infinitiiveittä | |
| instructive | — | infinitiivein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
- nimitapa (dated)
Further reading
- “infinitiivi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02