karstainen

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Finnish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

karsta (crust, grime, dirt) +‎ -inen

Adjective

karstainen (comparative karstaisempi, superlative karstaisin)

  1. crusted, grimy, with or covered in dry dirt
Declension
Inflection of karstainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
nominative karstainen karstaiset
genitive karstaisen karstaisten
karstaisien
partitive karstaista karstaisia
illative karstaiseen karstaisiin
singular plural
nominative karstainen karstaiset
accusative nom. karstainen karstaiset
gen. karstaisen
genitive karstaisen karstaisten
karstaisien
partitive karstaista karstaisia
inessive karstaisessa karstaisissa
elative karstaisesta karstaisista
illative karstaiseen karstaisiin
adessive karstaisella karstaisilla
ablative karstaiselta karstaisilta
allative karstaiselle karstaisille
essive karstaisena karstaisina
translative karstaiseksi karstaisiksi
abessive karstaisetta karstaisitta
instructive karstaisin
comitative karstaisine
Possessive forms of karstainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

karsta (card) +‎ -inen

Adjective

karstainen (comparative karstaisempi, superlative karstaisin)

  1. cardy; with card
Declension
Inflection of karstainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
nominative karstainen karstaiset
genitive karstaisen karstaisten
karstaisien
partitive karstaista karstaisia
illative karstaiseen karstaisiin
singular plural
nominative karstainen karstaiset
accusative nom. karstainen karstaiset
gen. karstaisen
genitive karstaisen karstaisten
karstaisien
partitive karstaista karstaisia
inessive karstaisessa karstaisissa
elative karstaisesta karstaisista
illative karstaiseen karstaisiin
adessive karstaisella karstaisilla
ablative karstaiselta karstaisilta
allative karstaiselle karstaisille
essive karstaisena karstaisina
translative karstaiseksi karstaisiksi
abessive karstaisetta karstaisitta
instructive karstaisin
comitative karstaisine
Possessive forms of karstainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.
Derived terms