kaltainen
Finnish
Etymology
kalta- + -inen, most likely from kallas in the figurative sense of "bank, border ~ direction", "in the direction of".
Adjective
kaltainen (comparative kaltaisempi, superlative kaltaisin)
- -like, similar
- lapsen kaltainen
- childlike
- lapsen kaltainen
Declension
| Inflection of kaltainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kaltainen | kaltaiset | |
| genitive | kaltaisen | kaltaisten kaltaisien | |
| partitive | kaltaista | kaltaisia | |
| illative | kaltaiseen | kaltaisiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kaltainen | kaltaiset | |
| accusative | nom. | kaltainen | kaltaiset |
| gen. | kaltaisen | ||
| genitive | kaltaisen | kaltaisten kaltaisien | |
| partitive | kaltaista | kaltaisia | |
| inessive | kaltaisessa | kaltaisissa | |
| elative | kaltaisesta | kaltaisista | |
| illative | kaltaiseen | kaltaisiin | |
| adessive | kaltaisella | kaltaisilla | |
| ablative | kaltaiselta | kaltaisilta | |
| allative | kaltaiselle | kaltaisille | |
| essive | kaltaisena | kaltaisina | |
| translative | kaltaiseksi | kaltaisiksi | |
| instructive | — | kaltaisin | |
| abessive | kaltaisetta | kaltaisitta | |
| comitative | — | kaltaisine | |
Derived terms
- maankaltainen
- samankaltainen
- senkaltainen
- tämänkaltainen