-laskuinen
Finnish
Etymology
laskea (“to lower, put down, go downhill etc.”) + -inen
Adjective
-laskuinen (comparative -laskuisempi, superlative -laskuisin)
- Involving going or putting down.
- jyrkkälaskuinen latu ― skiing track with steep downhills
- likilaskuinen kakku ― flat cake
Usage notes
- The terms derived with this word often have a very specific field of usage.
Declension
| Inflection of -laskuinen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | -laskuinen | -laskuiset | |
| genitive | -laskuisen | -laskuisten -laskuisien | |
| partitive | -laskuista | -laskuisia | |
| illative | -laskuiseen | -laskuisiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | -laskuinen | -laskuiset | |
| accusative | nom. | -laskuinen | -laskuiset |
| gen. | -laskuisen | ||
| genitive | -laskuisen | -laskuisten -laskuisien | |
| partitive | -laskuista | -laskuisia | |
| inessive | -laskuisessa | -laskuisissa | |
| elative | -laskuisesta | -laskuisista | |
| illative | -laskuiseen | -laskuisiin | |
| adessive | -laskuisella | -laskuisilla | |
| ablative | -laskuiselta | -laskuisilta | |
| allative | -laskuiselle | -laskuisille | |
| essive | -laskuisena | -laskuisina | |
| translative | -laskuiseksi | -laskuisiksi | |
| instructive | — | -laskuisin | |
| abessive | -laskuisetta | -laskuisitta | |
| comitative | — | -laskuisine | |
| Possessive forms of -laskuinen (type nainen) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives. | ||
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | -laskuiseni | -laskuisemme |
| 2nd person | -laskuisesi | -laskuisenne |
| 3rd person | -laskuisensa | |
Compounds
- helppolaskuinen (“of fishing net: easy to unfold”)
- likilaskuinen (“of baked good: unrisen, flat”)
- pitkälaskuinen (“of bird: landing with a long approach”)