vastakkainen

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Finnish

Etymology

vastakkain ( against ) +‎ -inen. Coined by Finnish physician and translator Wolmar Schildt in 1847.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑstɑkːɑi̯nen/,
  • Rhymes: -ɑinen
  • Syllabification(key): vas‧tak‧kai‧nen
  • Hyphenation(key): vas‧tak‧kai‧nen

Adjective

vastakkainen (comparative vastakkaisempi, superlative vastakkaisin)

  1. opposite, contrary
  2. (logic) inverse

Declension

Inflection of vastakkainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
nominative vastakkainen vastakkaiset
genitive vastakkaisen vastakkaisten
vastakkaisien
partitive vastakkaista vastakkaisia
illative vastakkaiseen vastakkaisiin
singular plural
nominative vastakkainen vastakkaiset
accusative nom. vastakkainen vastakkaiset
gen. vastakkaisen
genitive vastakkaisen vastakkaisten
vastakkaisien
partitive vastakkaista vastakkaisia
inessive vastakkaisessa vastakkaisissa
elative vastakkaisesta vastakkaisista
illative vastakkaiseen vastakkaisiin
adessive vastakkaisella vastakkaisilla
ablative vastakkaiselta vastakkaisilta
allative vastakkaiselle vastakkaisille
essive vastakkaisena vastakkaisina
translative vastakkaiseksi vastakkaisiksi
abessive vastakkaisetta vastakkaisitta
instructive vastakkaisin
comitative vastakkaisine
Possessive forms of vastakkainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.

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