kettumainen

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Finnish

Etymology

kettu +‎ -mainen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈketːumɑi̯nen/,
  • Rhymes: -ɑinen
  • Hyphenation(key): ket‧tu‧mai‧nen

Adjective

kettumainen (comparative kettumaisempi, superlative kettumaisin)

  1. (euphemistic) Synonym of vittumainen
  2. (uncommon) foxlike

Declension

Inflection of kettumainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
nominative kettumainen kettumaiset
genitive kettumaisen kettumaisten
kettumaisien
partitive kettumaista kettumaisia
illative kettumaiseen kettumaisiin
singular plural
nominative kettumainen kettumaiset
accusative nom. kettumainen kettumaiset
gen. kettumaisen
genitive kettumaisen kettumaisten
kettumaisien
partitive kettumaista kettumaisia
inessive kettumaisessa kettumaisissa
elative kettumaisesta kettumaisista
illative kettumaiseen kettumaisiin
adessive kettumaisella kettumaisilla
ablative kettumaiselta kettumaisilta
allative kettumaiselle kettumaisille
essive kettumaisena kettumaisina
translative kettumaiseksi kettumaisiksi
abessive kettumaisetta kettumaisitta
instructive kettumaisin
comitative kettumaisine
Possessive forms of kettumainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.

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