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. |