tuskallinen

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Finnish

Etymology

tuska +‎ -llinen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtuskɑlːinen/,
  • Rhymes: -inen
  • Hyphenation(key): tus‧kal‧li‧nen

Adjective

tuskallinen (comparative tuskallisempi, superlative tuskallisin)

  1. painful, harrowing, tormenting
  2. awkward, embarrassing

Declension

Inflection of tuskallinen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
nominative tuskallinen tuskalliset
genitive tuskallisen tuskallisten
tuskallisien
partitive tuskallista tuskallisia
illative tuskalliseen tuskallisiin
singular plural
nominative tuskallinen tuskalliset
accusative nom. tuskallinen tuskalliset
gen. tuskallisen
genitive tuskallisen tuskallisten
tuskallisien
partitive tuskallista tuskallisia
inessive tuskallisessa tuskallisissa
elative tuskallisesta tuskallisista
illative tuskalliseen tuskallisiin
adessive tuskallisella tuskallisilla
ablative tuskalliselta tuskallisilta
allative tuskalliselle tuskallisille
essive tuskallisena tuskallisina
translative tuskalliseksi tuskallisiksi
abessive tuskallisetta tuskallisitta
instructive tuskallisin
comitative tuskallisine
Possessive forms of tuskallinen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.

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