sievoinen
Finnish
Etymology
sievä + -oinen
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsie̯ʋoi̯nen/, [ˈs̠ie̞̯ʋo̞i̯ne̞n]
- Rhymes: -ieʋoinen
- Syllabification(key): sie‧voi‧nen
Adjective
sievoinen (comparative sievoisempi, superlative sievoisin)
- bountiful, nice, tidy, hefty, quite a (generous; considerable)
Usage notes
Used in positive contexts.
Declension
| Inflection of sievoinen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sievoinen | sievoiset | |
| genitive | sievoisen | sievoisten sievoisien | |
| partitive | sievoista | sievoisia | |
| illative | sievoiseen | sievoisiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | sievoinen | sievoiset | |
| accusative | nom. | sievoinen | sievoiset |
| gen. | sievoisen | ||
| genitive | sievoisen | sievoisten sievoisien | |
| partitive | sievoista | sievoisia | |
| inessive | sievoisessa | sievoisissa | |
| elative | sievoisesta | sievoisista | |
| illative | sievoiseen | sievoisiin | |
| adessive | sievoisella | sievoisilla | |
| ablative | sievoiselta | sievoisilta | |
| allative | sievoiselle | sievoisille | |
| essive | sievoisena | sievoisina | |
| translative | sievoiseksi | sievoisiksi | |
| instructive | — | sievoisin | |
| abessive | sievoisetta | sievoisitta | |
| comitative | — | sievoisine | |
| Possessive forms of sievoinen (type nainen) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives. | ||
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | sievoiseni | sievoisemme |
| 2nd person | sievoisesi | sievoisenne |
| 3rd person | sievoisensa | |