tavallinen

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Finnish

Etymology

tapa (habit) +‎ -llinen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑʋɑlːinen/,
  • Rhymes: -inen
  • Hyphenation(key): ta‧val‧li‧nen

Adjective

tavallinen (comparative tavallisempi, superlative tavallisin)

  1. ordinary, usual, normal, conventional, common, trivial, standard
    tavallinen uuniconventional oven
    Felicia leipoi leivän tavalliseen tapaan.
    Felicia baked the bread the normal way.
    Tämä on tavallinen toimintatapamme.
    This is our standard procedure.
  2. usual, habitual, regular
    Professori Franklein otti tavallisen paikkansa kokouspöydässä.
    Professor Franklein took his habitual seat at the conference table.
  3. plain, ordinary (lacking adornment or ornamentation)
    tavallinen hampurilainena plain hamburger
  4. random, average, undistinguished

Declension

Inflection of tavallinen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
nominative tavallinen tavalliset
genitive tavallisen tavallisten
tavallisien
partitive tavallista tavallisia
illative tavalliseen tavallisiin
singular plural
nominative tavallinen tavalliset
accusative nom. tavallinen tavalliset
gen. tavallisen
genitive tavallisen tavallisten
tavallisien
partitive tavallista tavallisia
inessive tavallisessa tavallisissa
elative tavallisesta tavallisista
illative tavalliseen tavallisiin
adessive tavallisella tavallisilla
ablative tavalliselta tavallisilta
allative tavalliselle tavallisille
essive tavallisena tavallisina
translative tavalliseksi tavallisiksi
abessive tavallisetta tavallisitta
instructive tavallisin
comitative tavallisine
Possessive forms of tavallinen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.

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