-himoinen
Finnish
Etymology
himo + -inen
Adjective
-himoinen (comparative -himoisempi, superlative -himoisin)
- Having a lust, desire or craving for.
- kosto (“revenge”) + -himoinen → kostonhimoinen (“revengeful, vindictive”)
- kunnia (“honour”) + -himoinen → kunnianhimoinen (“ambitious”)
- murha (“murder”) + -himoinen → murhanhimoinen (“homicidal, murderous”)
- nautinto (“pleasure”) + -himoinen → nautinnonhimoinen (“self-indulgent”)
- peli (“game”) + -himoinen → pelihimoinen (“addicted to gambling”)
- raha (“money”) + -himoinen → rahanhimoinen (“greedy, extortionate”)
- saalis (“prey, booty”) + -himoinen → saaliinhimoinen (“voracious, rapacious”)
- valta (“power”) + -himoinen → vallanhimoinen (“greedy for power”)
- veri (“blood”) + -himoinen → verenhimoinen (“bloodthirsty”)
- viina (“spirit”) + -himoinen → viinanhimoinen (“addicted to alcohol”)
- voitto (“profit”) + -himoinen → voitonhimoinen (“mercenary, venal”)
Usage notes
Most words formed using this suffix have negative connotations.
Declension
| Inflection of -himoinen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | -himoinen | -himoiset | |
| genitive | -himoisen | -himoisten -himoisien | |
| partitive | -himoista | -himoisia | |
| illative | -himoiseen | -himoisiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | -himoinen | -himoiset | |
| accusative | nom. | -himoinen | -himoiset |
| gen. | -himoisen | ||
| genitive | -himoisen | -himoisten -himoisien | |
| partitive | -himoista | -himoisia | |
| inessive | -himoisessa | -himoisissa | |
| elative | -himoisesta | -himoisista | |
| illative | -himoiseen | -himoisiin | |
| adessive | -himoisella | -himoisilla | |
| ablative | -himoiselta | -himoisilta | |
| allative | -himoiselle | -himoisille | |
| essive | -himoisena | -himoisina | |
| translative | -himoiseksi | -himoisiksi | |
| instructive | — | -himoisin | |
| abessive | -himoisetta | -himoisitta | |
| comitative | — | -himoisine | |