sudennälkäinen

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Finnish

Etymology

sudennälkä (ravenous hunger) +‎ -inen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsudenˌnælkæi̯nen/,
  • Rhymes: -ælkæinen
  • Syllabification(key): su‧den‧näl‧käi‧nen
  • Hyphenation(key): suden‧nälkäi‧nen

Adjective

sudennälkäinen

  1. ravenous (very hungry)
    Sudennälkäiset leiriläiset ahmaisivat ruokansa.
    The ravenous campers wolfed their meals down.

Usage notes

This term is used mostly attributively. In Finnish it is much more common to say minulla on sudennälkä (literally I have the hunger of a wolf) than to say olen sudennälkäinen (literally I'm hungry as a wolf).

Declension

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