pitkäaikainen

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Finnish

Etymology

pitkä (long) +‎ aikainen (-timed)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpitkæˌɑi̯kɑi̯nen/,
  • Rhymes: -ɑikɑinen
  • Syllabification(key): pit‧kä‧ai‧kai‧nen
  • Hyphenation(key): pitkä‧aikai‧nen

Adjective

pitkäaikainen (comparative pitkäaikaisempi or pidempiaikainen or pitempiaikainen, superlative pitkäaikaisin)

  1. long-term, secular (continuing over a long period of time)
  2. (medicine) chronic
    Synonym: krooninen
    pitkäaikainen sairauschronic illness
  3. longtime (having endured for a long time)
    pitkäaikainen ystävälongtime friend

Declension

Possessive forms of pitkäaikainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.

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