ahdasrajainen
Finnish
Etymology
ahdas (“narrow, tight, cramped”) + raja (“border, limit”) + -inen (“-ed”)
Adjective
ahdasrajainen
- tightly limited (having narrow bounds for movement)
- (figuratively) close-minded, doctrinaire, dogmatic, hidebound, illiberal, inflexible, intolerant, narrow-minded, partisan, pigheaded, rigid, stubborn, unpersuadable (unreceptive to new ideas)
Declension
| Inflection of ahdasrajainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ahdasrajainen | ahdasrajaiset | |
| genitive | ahdasrajaisen | ahdasrajaisten ahdasrajaisien | |
| partitive | ahdasrajaista | ahdasrajaisia | |
| illative | ahdasrajaiseen | ahdasrajaisiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | ahdasrajainen | ahdasrajaiset | |
| accusative | nom. | ahdasrajainen | ahdasrajaiset |
| gen. | ahdasrajaisen | ||
| genitive | ahdasrajaisen | ahdasrajaisten ahdasrajaisien | |
| partitive | ahdasrajaista | ahdasrajaisia | |
| inessive | ahdasrajaisessa | ahdasrajaisissa | |
| elative | ahdasrajaisesta | ahdasrajaisista | |
| illative | ahdasrajaiseen | ahdasrajaisiin | |
| adessive | ahdasrajaisella | ahdasrajaisilla | |
| ablative | ahdasrajaiselta | ahdasrajaisilta | |
| allative | ahdasrajaiselle | ahdasrajaisille | |
| essive | ahdasrajaisena | ahdasrajaisina | |
| translative | ahdasrajaiseksi | ahdasrajaisiksi | |
| instructive | — | ahdasrajaisin | |
| abessive | ahdasrajaisetta | ahdasrajaisitta | |
| comitative | — | ahdasrajaisine | |
Synonyms
- (having narrow bounds): ahdas
- (unreceptive to new ideas): ahdasmielinen, kapearajainen, tiukkapipoinen (informal)
Derived terms
- ahdasrajaisesti
- ahdasrajaisuus