From pitkä (“long”) + -u + -lain. Akin to Finnish pitkulainen.
pitkulain (comparative pitkulaisemp)
Declension of pitkulain (type 1/kärpäin, no gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | pitkulain | pitkulaiset |
genitive | pitkulaisen | pitkulaisiin |
partitive | pitkulaista, pitkulaist | pitkulaisia |
illative | pitkulaisee | pitkulaisii |
inessive | pitkulaisees | pitkulaisiis |
elative | pitkulaisest | pitkulaisist |
allative | pitkulaiselle | pitkulaisille |
adessive | pitkulaiseel | pitkulaisiil |
ablative | pitkulaiselt | pitkulaisilt |
translative | pitkulaiseks | pitkulaisiks |
essive | pitkulaisenna, pitkulaiseen | pitkulaisinna, pitkulaisiin |
exessive1) | pitkulaisent | pitkulaisint |
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. |