kateellinen

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Finnish

Etymology

kade +‎ -llinen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑteːlːinen/,
  • Rhymes: -inen
  • Syllabification(key): ka‧teel‧li‧nen

Adjective

kateellinen (comparative kateellisempi, superlative kateellisin)

  1. envious, jealous (feeling resentful or angered toward someone for a perceived advantage or success, material or otherwise)

Usage notes

What one is jealous of is expressed with the elative case for things and the allative case for people:

  • Hän on minulle kateellinen.She/He is jealous of me.
  • Hän on tästä kateellinen.She/He is jealous of this.

But:

  • Hän on minullestä kateellinen.She/He is jealous of me for that.

Declension

Inflection of kateellinen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
nominative kateellinen kateelliset
genitive kateellisen kateellisten
kateellisien
partitive kateellista kateellisia
illative kateelliseen kateellisiin
singular plural
nominative kateellinen kateelliset
accusative nom. kateellinen kateelliset
gen. kateellisen
genitive kateellisen kateellisten
kateellisien
partitive kateellista kateellisia
inessive kateellisessa kateellisissa
elative kateellisesta kateellisista
illative kateelliseen kateellisiin
adessive kateellisella kateellisilla
ablative kateelliselta kateellisilta
allative kateelliselle kateellisille
essive kateellisena kateellisina
translative kateelliseksi kateellisiksi
abessive kateellisetta kateellisitta
instructive kateellisin
comitative kateellisine
Possessive forms of kateellinen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.

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