merkillinen

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Finnish

Etymology

merkki +‎ -llinen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmerkilːinen/,
  • Rhymes: -inen
  • Syllabification(key): mer‧kil‧li‧nen
  • Hyphenation(key): mer‧kil‧li‧nen

Adjective

merkillinen (comparative merkillisempi, superlative merkillisin)

  1. peculiar, unusual, odd
  2. synonym of merkittävä (remarkable, significant)

Declension

Inflection of merkillinen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
nominative merkillinen merkilliset
genitive merkillisen merkillisten
merkillisien
partitive merkillistä merkillisiä
illative merkilliseen merkillisiin
singular plural
nominative merkillinen merkilliset
accusative nom. merkillinen merkilliset
gen. merkillisen
genitive merkillisen merkillisten
merkillisien
partitive merkillistä merkillisiä
inessive merkillisessä merkillisissä
elative merkillisestä merkillisistä
illative merkilliseen merkillisiin
adessive merkillisellä merkillisillä
ablative merkilliseltä merkillisiltä
allative merkilliselle merkillisille
essive merkillisenä merkillisinä
translative merkilliseksi merkillisiksi
abessive merkillisettä merkillisittä
instructive merkillisin
comitative merkillisine
Possessive forms of merkillinen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.

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