-kkain
See also: -kkäin
Finnish
Etymology
From the instructive plural of -kas.
Suffix
-kkain (front vowel harmony variant -kkäin)
- Forms situative adverbs.
- kasvot (“face”) + -kkain → kasvokkain (“face to face”)
- vieri (“side”) + -kkain → vierekkäin (“side by side”)
Usage notes
- The case is applied only a limited number of words. Inflected forms are mostly singular, but some words have also a plural form.
Derived terms
Finnish terms suffixed with -kkain
Derived terms
- alakkain
- alekkain
- allekkain
- halikkain
- kasvokkain
- kaulakkain
- kohdakkain
- käsikkäin
- lomakkain
- lomikkain
- lähekkäin
- nokakkain
- nokikkain
- nurkakkain
- nurkikkain
- olakkain
- peräkkäin
- pinnakkain
- päällekkäin
- rajakkain
- rinnakkain
- sivukkain
- tasakkain
- vastakkain
- vierekkäin
Anagrams
- kakin, kanki, kikan, nakki, nikka
Ingrian
Etymology 1
Akin to Finnish -kainen.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /-kːɑi̯ne/, [-kːɑi̯n]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /-kːɑi̯n/, [-kːɑi̯n]
Suffix
-kkain (front vowel variant -kkäin)
- Forms endearing forms of nouns; -ie
- tyttö (“lass”) + -kkain → tytökkäin (“lassie”)
Usage notes
- This suffix always carries secondary stress.
Declension
| Declension of -kkain (type 1/kärpäin, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | -kkain | -kkaiset |
| genitive | -kkaisen | -kkaisiin |
| partitive | -kkaista, -kkaist | -kkaisia |
| illative | -kkaisee | -kkaisii |
| inessive | -kkaisees | -kkaisiis |
| elative | -kkaisest | -kkaisist |
| allative | -kkaiselle | -kkaisille |
| adessive | -kkaiseel | -kkaisiil |
| ablative | -kkaiselt | -kkaisilt |
| translative | -kkaiseks | -kkaisiks |
| essive | -kkaisenna, -kkaiseen | -kkaisinna, -kkaisiin |
| exessive1) | -kkaisent | -kkaisint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
Derived terms
Ingrian terms suffixed with -kkain
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /-kːɑi̯n/, [-kːɑi̯n]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /-kːɑi̯n/, [-kːɑi̯n]
Suffix
-kkain
- inflection of -kas:
- genitive plural
- essive plural