metsäläinen

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Finnish

Etymology

metsä (forest) +‎ -läinen ((person) from). The literal meaning is one who lives in a forest, forester.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmetsælæi̯nen/,
  • Rhymes: -æinen
  • Hyphenation(key): met‧sä‧läi‧nen

Noun

metsäläinen

  1. forester (person who lives in a forest)
  2. country bumpkin, yokel, hick (rural dweller lacking sophistication and refinement)
  3. (heraldry) woodwose, wild man

Declension

Inflection of metsäläinen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
nominative metsäläinen metsäläiset
genitive metsäläisen metsäläisten
metsäläisien
partitive metsäläistä metsäläisiä
illative metsäläiseen metsäläisiin
singular plural
nominative metsäläinen metsäläiset
accusative nom. metsäläinen metsäläiset
gen. metsäläisen
genitive metsäläisen metsäläisten
metsäläisien
partitive metsäläistä metsäläisiä
inessive metsäläisessä metsäläisissä
elative metsäläisestä metsäläisistä
illative metsäläiseen metsäläisiin
adessive metsäläisellä metsäläisillä
ablative metsäläiseltä metsäläisiltä
allative metsäläiselle metsäläisille
essive metsäläisenä metsäläisinä
translative metsäläiseksi metsäläisiksi
abessive metsäläisettä metsäläisittä
instructive metsäläisin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of metsäläinen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)

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