-lapsinen
Finnish
Etymology
lapsi (“child”) + -inen
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /-ˌlɑpsinen/, [-ˌlɑps̠ine̞n]
- Rhymes: -ɑpsinen
- Syllabification(key): lap‧si‧nen
Adjective
-lapsinen
- -child, of children (having the number or, rarely, the kind of children specified by the modifier)
- yksilapsinen perhe ― single child family
- 40-lapsinen luokka ― a class of 40 children
Declension
| Inflection of -lapsinen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | -lapsinen | -lapsiset | |
| genitive | -lapsisen | -lapsisten -lapsisien | |
| partitive | -lapsista | -lapsisia | |
| illative | -lapsiseen | -lapsisiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | -lapsinen | -lapsiset | |
| accusative | nom. | -lapsinen | -lapsiset |
| gen. | -lapsisen | ||
| genitive | -lapsisen | -lapsisten -lapsisien | |
| partitive | -lapsista | -lapsisia | |
| inessive | -lapsisessa | -lapsisissa | |
| elative | -lapsisesta | -lapsisista | |
| illative | -lapsiseen | -lapsisiin | |
| adessive | -lapsisella | -lapsisilla | |
| ablative | -lapsiselta | -lapsisilta | |
| allative | -lapsiselle | -lapsisille | |
| essive | -lapsisena | -lapsisina | |
| translative | -lapsiseksi | -lapsisiksi | |
| instructive | — | -lapsisin | |
| abessive | -lapsisetta | -lapsisitta | |
| comitative | — | -lapsisine | |
| Possessive forms of -lapsinen (type nainen) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives. | ||
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | -lapsiseni | -lapsisemme |
| 2nd person | -lapsisesi | -lapsisenne |
| 3rd person | -lapsisensa | |
Compounds
- kaksilapsinen (“two-child”)
- monilapsinen (“multiple child”)
- yksilapsinen (“single child, one-child”)