mallinen
Finnish
Etymology
malli (“model, style”) + -inen
Adjective
mallinen
- of model, model
- Minkä mallinen auto sinulla on?
- Which model of car do you have?
- of style, -style
- amerikkalaismallinen hampurilainen ― American-style hamburger
Usage notes
- Always used with a modifier.
- The modifier is usually in genitive.
- The modifier and muotoinen are written as one or two words without a clear rule when to use which way of spelling.
Declension
| Inflection of mallinen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mallinen | malliset | |
| genitive | mallisen | mallisten mallisien | |
| partitive | mallista | mallisia | |
| illative | malliseen | mallisiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | mallinen | malliset | |
| accusative | nom. | mallinen | malliset |
| gen. | mallisen | ||
| genitive | mallisen | mallisten mallisien | |
| partitive | mallista | mallisia | |
| inessive | mallisessa | mallisissa | |
| elative | mallisesta | mallisista | |
| illative | malliseen | mallisiin | |
| adessive | mallisella | mallisilla | |
| ablative | malliselta | mallisilta | |
| allative | malliselle | mallisille | |
| essive | mallisena | mallisina | |
| translative | malliseksi | mallisiksi | |
| instructive | — | mallisin | |
| abessive | mallisetta | mallisitta | |
| comitative | — | mallisine | |
Synonyms
- (-style): tyylinen
Compounds
- meriläismallinen
- savolaismallinen