samanlainen

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Finnish

Etymology

saman +‎ -lainen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑmɑnˌlɑi̯nen/,
  • Rhymes: -ɑinen
  • Hyphenation(key): saman‧lainen

Adjective

samanlainen (comparative samanlaisempi, superlative samanlaisin)

  1. similar, of a kind
    Antonym: erilainen
  2. equivalent, identical

Usage notes

Samanlainen is typically used for denoting a high level of similarity while samantapainen, samankaltainen and samantyyppinen usually refer to something that bears a resemblance while remaining distinct.

Declension

Inflection of samanlainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
nominative samanlainen samanlaiset
genitive samanlaisen samanlaisten
samanlaisien
partitive samanlaista samanlaisia
illative samanlaiseen samanlaisiin
singular plural
nominative samanlainen samanlaiset
accusative nom. samanlainen samanlaiset
gen. samanlaisen
genitive samanlaisen samanlaisten
samanlaisien
partitive samanlaista samanlaisia
inessive samanlaisessa samanlaisissa
elative samanlaisesta samanlaisista
illative samanlaiseen samanlaisiin
adessive samanlaisella samanlaisilla
ablative samanlaiselta samanlaisilta
allative samanlaiselle samanlaisille
essive samanlaisena samanlaisina
translative samanlaiseksi samanlaisiksi
abessive samanlaisetta samanlaisitta
instructive samanlaisin
comitative samanlaisine
Possessive forms of samanlainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.

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