sukulainen

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sukulainën, equivalent to suku ((extended) family) +‎ -lainen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsukulɑi̯nen/,
  • Rhymes: -ɑinen
  • Hyphenation(key): su‧ku‧lai‧nen

Noun

sukulainen

  1. relative, relation (member of one's extended family)

Declension

Inflection of sukulainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
nominative sukulainen sukulaiset
genitive sukulaisen sukulaisten
sukulaisien
partitive sukulaista sukulaisia
illative sukulaiseen sukulaisiin
singular plural
nominative sukulainen sukulaiset
accusative nom. sukulainen sukulaiset
gen. sukulaisen
genitive sukulaisen sukulaisten
sukulaisien
partitive sukulaista sukulaisia
inessive sukulaisessa sukulaisissa
elative sukulaisesta sukulaisista
illative sukulaiseen sukulaisiin
adessive sukulaisella sukulaisilla
ablative sukulaiselta sukulaisilta
allative sukulaiselle sukulaisille
essive sukulaisena sukulaisina
translative sukulaiseksi sukulaisiksi
abessive sukulaisetta sukulaisitta
instructive sukulaisin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of sukulainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)

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