kateissaan
Finnish
Etymology
Inessive plural of kade with a possessive suffix, literally "in one's envy".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑtei̯sːɑːn/, [ˈkɑ̝t̪e̞i̯s̠ːɑ̝ːn]
- Rhymes: -ɑteisːɑːn
- Syllabification(key): ka‧teis‧saan
Adverb
kateissaan
- envious, jealous, in one's envy (feeling resentful or angered toward someone for a perceived advantage or success, material or otherwise)
- olla kateissaan ― to be envious
- Kateissaan hän päätti ostaa vielä hienomman auton kuin naapurinsa.
- In his envy he decided to buy a still finer car than his neighbor had.
- Syyttä olet minulle kateissasi!
- You have no reason to be envious of me!
Inflection
| Personal/possessive forms of kateissaan | ||
|---|---|---|
| no possessor | — | |
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | kateissani | kateissamme |
| 2nd person | kateissasi | kateissanne |
| 3rd person | kateissaan kateissansa | |
Synonyms
- kateellinen (“envious”)
- kadehtia (“to envy”) (synonym of olla kateissaan)
Further reading
- “kateissaan”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
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