sateen (“(of) rain”) + kaari (“arc”). Coined by Finnish clergyman and philologist Gustaf Renvall in 1826.
sateenkaari
Inflection of sateenkaari (Kotus type 26/pieni, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | sateenkaari | sateenkaaret | |
genitive | sateenkaaren | sateenkaarten sateenkaarien | |
partitive | sateenkaarta | sateenkaaria | |
illative | sateenkaareen | sateenkaariin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | sateenkaari | sateenkaaret | |
accusative | nom. | sateenkaari | sateenkaaret |
gen. | sateenkaaren | ||
genitive | sateenkaaren | sateenkaarten sateenkaarien | |
partitive | sateenkaarta | sateenkaaria | |
inessive | sateenkaaressa | sateenkaarissa | |
elative | sateenkaaresta | sateenkaarista | |
illative | sateenkaareen | sateenkaariin | |
adessive | sateenkaarella | sateenkaarilla | |
ablative | sateenkaarelta | sateenkaarilta | |
allative | sateenkaarelle | sateenkaarille | |
essive | sateenkaarena | sateenkaarina | |
translative | sateenkaareksi | sateenkaariksi | |
abessive | sateenkaaretta | sateenkaaritta | |
instructive | — | sateenkaarin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |