Internationalism (see English characteristic), ultimately from Ancient Greek χαρακτηριστικός (kharaktēristikós) and adapted with the adjectival suffix + -inen.
karakteristinen (comparative karakteristisempi, superlative karakteristisin)
| Inflection of karakteristinen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | karakteristinen | karakteristiset | |
| genitive | karakteristisen | karakterististen karakteristisien | |
| partitive | karakteristista | karakteristisia | |
| illative | karakteristiseen | karakteristisiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | karakteristinen | karakteristiset | |
| accusative | nom. | karakteristinen | karakteristiset |
| gen. | karakteristisen | ||
| genitive | karakteristisen | karakterististen karakteristisien | |
| partitive | karakteristista | karakteristisia | |
| inessive | karakteristisessa | karakteristisissa | |
| elative | karakteristisesta | karakteristisista | |
| illative | karakteristiseen | karakteristisiin | |
| adessive | karakteristisella | karakteristisilla | |
| ablative | karakteristiselta | karakteristisilta | |
| allative | karakteristiselle | karakteristisille | |
| essive | karakteristisena | karakteristisina | |
| translative | karakteristiseksi | karakteristisiksi | |
| abessive | karakteristisetta | karakteristisitta | |
| instructive | — | karakteristisin | |
| comitative | — | karakteristisine | |