sellain

Finnish

Etymology

Dialectal form of sellainen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈselːɑi̯n/, [ˈs̠e̞lːɑ̝i̯n]
  • Rhymes: -elːɑin
  • Syllabification(key): sel‧lain

Adjective

sellain (not comparable) (colloquial)

  1. 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

Etymology

From se (this) + -lain. Akin to Finnish sellainen.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈselːɑi̯ne/, [ˈs̠e̞ɫːəi̯n]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈselːɑi̯n/, [ˈʃe̞ɫːɑi̯n]
  • Rhymes: -elːɑi̯n
  • Hyphenation: sel‧lain

Determiner

sellain

  1. such (a)

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.

Synonyms

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 518
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