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See also: Alhainen
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Metathesis of alahinen, ala- + -hinen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]alhainen (comparative alhaisempi, superlative alhaisin)
- low (of location; close to the ground)
- low (of quantity)
- alhainen lämpötila ― low temperature
- alhainen hinta ― low price
- low (undeveloped, primitive)
- alhainen kehitysaste ― low level of development
- lowly, low, lower (low in social rank or importance)
- alhainen asema ― low rank
- alhaisaateli ― lower nobility
- alhainen talonpoika ― lowly peasant
- low, ignoble, dishonourable, unworthy, base, contemptible, despicable, abject, degraded (not honorable)
- alhaiset vaikuttimet ― low motives
- (dialectal) humble (not pretentious or magnificent)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of alhainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | alhainen | alhaiset | |
genitive | alhaisen | alhaisten alhaisien | |
partitive | alhaista | alhaisia | |
illative | alhaiseen | alhaisiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | alhainen | alhaiset | |
accusative | nom. | alhainen | alhaiset |
gen. | alhaisen | ||
genitive | alhaisen | alhaisten alhaisien | |
partitive | alhaista | alhaisia | |
inessive | alhaisessa | alhaisissa | |
elative | alhaisesta | alhaisista | |
illative | alhaiseen | alhaisiin | |
adessive | alhaisella | alhaisilla | |
ablative | alhaiselta | alhaisilta | |
allative | alhaiselle | alhaisille | |
essive | alhaisena | alhaisina | |
translative | alhaiseksi | alhaisiksi | |
abessive | alhaisetta | alhaisitta | |
instructive | — | alhaisin | |
comitative | — | alhaisine |
Synonyms
[edit]- (low in location): matala
- (low in quantity): pieni, vähäinen, matala
- (undeveloped): alkeellinen, alkukantainen, kehittymätön, primitiivinen
- (not honorable): halpamainen, matalamielinen, katala, kurja
- (humble): nöyrä
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “alhainen”, 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 2023-07-02
Categories:
- Finnish words derived through metathesis
- Finnish terms suffixed with -hinen
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑlhɑinen
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑlhɑinen/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish adjectives
- Finnish terms with collocations
- Finnish dialectal terms
- Finnish nainen-type nominals