From matala (“shallow; low”) + -us.
matalus (uncountable)
| Declension of matalus (type 2/oikehus, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | matalus | — |
| genitive | mataluen | — |
| partitive | matalutta | — |
| illative | mataluee | — |
| inessive | matalues | — |
| elative | mataluest | — |
| allative | mataluelle | — |
| adessive | mataluel | — |
| ablative | mataluelt | — |
| translative | matalueks | — |
| essive | mataluenna, matalueen | — |
| exessive1) | mataluent | — |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||