entinen
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *entinen. Equivalent to ensi- + -inen.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈentinen/, [ˈe̞n̪t̪ine̞n]
- Rhymes: -entinen
- Syllabification(key): en‧ti‧nen
- Hyphenation(key): en‧ti‧nen
Adjective
[edit]entinen (comparative entisempi, superlative entisin) (comparative rare, superlative almost theoretical)
- former, previous, erstwhile
- Near-synonyms: aiempi, varhempi, vanha
- entisessä Neuvostoliitossa ― in the former Soviet Union
- Olen entinen opettaja.
- I am a former teacher.
- Ukki muisteli entistä elämäänsä.
- Grandpa reminisced about his former life.
- Pelto on entistä suota.
- The field is a former swamp.
- Uusi asuntoni on paljon tilavampi kuin entinen.
- My new apartment is much more spacious than the previous one.
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of entinen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | entinen | entiset | |
| genitive | entisen | entisten entisien | |
| partitive | entistä | entisiä | |
| illative | entiseen | entisiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | entinen | entiset | |
| accusative | nom. | entinen | entiset |
| gen. | entisen | ||
| genitive | entisen | entisten entisien | |
| partitive | entistä | entisiä | |
| inessive | entisessä | entisissä | |
| elative | entisestä | entisistä | |
| illative | entiseen | entisiin | |
| adessive | entisellä | entisillä | |
| ablative | entiseltä | entisiltä | |
| allative | entiselle | entisille | |
| essive | entisenä | entisinä | |
| translative | entiseksi | entisiksi | |
| abessive | entisettä | entisittä | |
| instructive | — | entisin | |
| comitative | — | entisine | |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “entinen”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
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[edit]Categories:
- Finnish terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms suffixed with -inen
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/entinen
- Rhymes:Finnish/entinen/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish adjectives
- Finnish terms with usage examples
- Finnish nainen-type nominals