kaihtaa (“to cover, shade”) (dialectal) + -in. Coined by Finnish physician and philologist Elias Lönnrot in 1874; prior to this, the word was found in Satakunta dialects with the meaning "horse eye cover".
kaihdin
| Inflection of kaihdin (Kotus type 33*F/kytkin, t-d gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kaihdin | kaihtimet | |
| genitive | kaihtimen | kaihtimien kaihdinten | |
| partitive | kaihdinta | kaihtimia | |
| illative | kaihtimeen | kaihtimiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kaihdin | kaihtimet | |
| accusative | nom. | kaihdin | kaihtimet |
| gen. | kaihtimen | ||
| genitive | kaihtimen | kaihtimien kaihdinten | |
| partitive | kaihdinta | kaihtimia | |
| inessive | kaihtimessa | kaihtimissa | |
| elative | kaihtimesta | kaihtimista | |
| illative | kaihtimeen | kaihtimiin | |
| adessive | kaihtimella | kaihtimilla | |
| ablative | kaihtimelta | kaihtimilta | |
| allative | kaihtimelle | kaihtimille | |
| essive | kaihtimena | kaihtimina | |
| translative | kaihtimeksi | kaihtimiksi | |
| abessive | kaihtimetta | kaihtimitta | |
| instructive | — | kaihtimin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||