laiskiainen

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Etymology

laiska +‎ -iainen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑi̯skiɑi̯nen/,
  • Rhymes: -ɑinen
  • Syllabification(key): lais‧ki‧ai‧nen

Noun

laiskiainen

  1. sloth (animal)

Declension

Inflection of laiskiainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
nominative laiskiainen laiskiaiset
genitive laiskiaisen laiskiaisten
laiskiaisien
partitive laiskiaista laiskiaisia
illative laiskiaiseen laiskiaisiin
singular plural
nominative laiskiainen laiskiaiset
accusative nom. laiskiainen laiskiaiset
gen. laiskiaisen
genitive laiskiaisen laiskiaisten
laiskiaisien
partitive laiskiaista laiskiaisia
inessive laiskiaisessa laiskiaisissa
elative laiskiaisesta laiskiaisista
illative laiskiaiseen laiskiaisiin
adessive laiskiaisella laiskiaisilla
ablative laiskiaiselta laiskiaisilta
allative laiskiaiselle laiskiaisille
essive laiskiaisena laiskiaisina
translative laiskiaiseksi laiskiaisiksi
abessive laiskiaisetta laiskiaisitta
instructive laiskiaisin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of laiskiainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)

Derived terms

compounds

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