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Finnish

Etymology

From taain +‎ -inen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑː.imːɑi̯nen/,
  • Rhymes: -ɑinen
  • Syllabification(key): taa‧im‧mai‧nen
  • Hyphenation(key): taa‧im‧mai‧nen

Adjective

taaimmainen

  1. alternative form of takimmainen

Usage notes

Considered nonstandard by the Finnish Language Board until 1999.

Declension

Inflection of taaimmainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
nominative taaimmainen taaimmaiset
genitive taaimmaisen taaimmaisten
taaimmaisien
partitive taaimmaista taaimmaisia
illative taaimmaiseen taaimmaisiin
singular plural
nominative taaimmainen taaimmaiset
accusative nom. taaimmainen taaimmaiset
gen. taaimmaisen
genitive taaimmaisen taaimmaisten
taaimmaisien
partitive taaimmaista taaimmaisia
inessive taaimmaisessa taaimmaisissa
elative taaimmaisesta taaimmaisista
illative taaimmaiseen taaimmaisiin
adessive taaimmaisella taaimmaisilla
ablative taaimmaiselta taaimmaisilta
allative taaimmaiselle taaimmaisille
essive taaimmaisena taaimmaisina
translative taaimmaiseksi taaimmaisiksi
abessive taaimmaisetta taaimmaisitta
instructive taaimmaisin
comitative taaimmaisine
Possessive forms of taaimmainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.

References

  1. ^ Riitta Eronen, Sari Maamies (1999) “Taaimmainen”, in Kielikello (in Finnish):Suomen kielen lautakunta hyväksyi samalla kolmannenkin muutoksen: takimmaisen synonyyminä on tähän asti esitetty vain taimmainen (siis yhdellä a-kirjaimella), mutta nyt sen rinnalle nostettiin myös taaimmainen.The Finnish Language Board also approved a third change: only taimmainen (with one a) was allowed as a synonym of takimmainen, but the form taaimmainen is now also accepted.

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