myrkyllinen

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Finnish

Etymology

myrkky (poison, venom, toxin) +‎ -llinen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmyrkylːinen/,
  • Rhymes: -inen
  • Hyphenation(key): myr‧kyl‧li‧nen

Adjective

myrkyllinen (comparative myrkyllisempi, superlative myrkyllisin)

  1. toxic (having a chemical nature that is harmful to health or lethal if consumed or otherwise entering into the body in sufficient quantities)
    myrkyllinen ainetoxic substance
  2. poisonous (containing poison in harmful quantity)
    Synonym: myrkkyä sisältävä
    myrkyllinen sienipoisonous mushroom
  3. venomous (producing venom)
    Synonym: myrkkyä levittävä
    myrkyllinen käärmevenomous snake
  4. (figuratively) venomous, noxious (malignant; spiteful; hateful)
    Hänen asenteensa minua kohtaan on äärimmäisen myrkyllinen.
    His attitude toward me is utterly venomous.
  5. (of language, etc) caustic (sharp, bitter, cutting, biting, and sarcastic in a scathing way)

Declension

Inflection of myrkyllinen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
nominative myrkyllinen myrkylliset
genitive myrkyllisen myrkyllisten
myrkyllisien
partitive myrkyllistä myrkyllisiä
illative myrkylliseen myrkyllisiin
singular plural
nominative myrkyllinen myrkylliset
accusative nom. myrkyllinen myrkylliset
gen. myrkyllisen
genitive myrkyllisen myrkyllisten
myrkyllisien
partitive myrkyllistä myrkyllisiä
inessive myrkyllisessä myrkyllisissä
elative myrkyllisestä myrkyllisistä
illative myrkylliseen myrkyllisiin
adessive myrkyllisellä myrkyllisillä
ablative myrkylliseltä myrkyllisiltä
allative myrkylliselle myrkyllisille
essive myrkyllisenä myrkyllisinä
translative myrkylliseksi myrkyllisiksi
abessive myrkyllisettä myrkyllisittä
instructive myrkyllisin
comitative myrkyllisine
Possessive forms of myrkyllinen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.

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