mainio
Finnish
Etymology
Probably connected to the dialectal verb mainoa ("to wonder, to praise", from Sami); compare mainos.
Adjective
mainio
- excellent, superb, great, wonderful, fine (very positive)
Declension
| Inflection of mainio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mainio | mainiot | |
| genitive | mainion | mainioiden mainioitten | |
| partitive | mainiota | mainioita | |
| illative | mainioon | mainioihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | mainio | mainiot | |
| accusative | nom. | mainio | mainiot |
| gen. | mainion | ||
| genitive | mainion | mainioiden mainioitten | |
| partitive | mainiota | mainioita | |
| inessive | mainiossa | mainioissa | |
| elative | mainiosta | mainioista | |
| illative | mainioon | mainioihin | |
| adessive | mainiolla | mainioilla | |
| ablative | mainiolta | mainioilta | |
| allative | mainiolle | mainioille | |
| essive | mainiona | mainioina | |
| translative | mainioksi | mainioiksi | |
| instructive | — | mainioin | |
| abessive | mainiotta | mainioitta | |
| comitative | — | mainioine | |
Synonyms
- erinomainen
- loistava
- mahtava
- oiva, oivallinen
Derived terms
- mainiosti