sellain
Finnish
Etymology
Dialectal form of sellainen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈselːɑi̯n/, [ˈs̠e̞lːɑ̝i̯n]
- Rhymes: -elːɑin
- Syllabification(key): sel‧lain
Adjective
sellain (not comparable) (colloquial)
- such (a), that kind of
- Haluan löytää sellain mies jonka todella halusin.
- I want to find the (kind of) man that I really want.
- Ei mulla oo lupaa tehdä sellain.
- I don't have permission to do that (kind of thing).
- Välillä sitten jumittaa sellai että ei toimi.
- Sometimes it gets stuck in such a way that it doesn't work.
Anagrams
Ingrian
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈselːɑi̯ne/, [ˈs̠e̞ɫːəi̯n]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈselːɑi̯n/, [ˈʃe̞ɫːɑi̯n]
- Rhymes: -elːɑi̯n
- Hyphenation: sel‧lain
Declension
| Declension of sellain (type 1/kärpäin, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | sellain | sellaiset |
| genitive | sellaisen | sellaisiin |
| partitive | sellaista, sellaist | sellaisia |
| illative | sellaisee | sellaisii |
| inessive | sellaisees | sellaisiis |
| elative | sellaisest | sellaisist |
| allative | sellaiselle | sellaisille |
| adessive | sellaiseel | sellaisiil |
| ablative | sellaiselt | sellaisilt |
| translative | sellaiseks | sellaisiks |
| essive | sellaisenna, sellaiseen | sellaisinna, sellaisiin |
| exessive1) | sellaisent | sellaisint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 518
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