alkuaine
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
alku (“beginning, origin”) + aine (“matter”). Coined by Finnish priest Anders Gabriel Wikman in 1829.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
alkuaine
- (chemistry) chemical element, element
- (chemistry) elementary substance
- alkuainehiili ― elemental carbon
Declension[edit]
Inflection of alkuaine (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | alkuaine | alkuaineet | ||
genitive | alkuaineen | alkuaineiden alkuaineitten | ||
partitive | alkuainetta | alkuaineita | ||
illative | alkuaineeseen | alkuaineisiin alkuaineihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | alkuaine | alkuaineet | ||
accusative | nom. | alkuaine | alkuaineet | |
gen. | alkuaineen | |||
genitive | alkuaineen | alkuaineiden alkuaineitten | ||
partitive | alkuainetta | alkuaineita | ||
inessive | alkuaineessa | alkuaineissa | ||
elative | alkuaineesta | alkuaineista | ||
illative | alkuaineeseen | alkuaineisiin alkuaineihin | ||
adessive | alkuaineella | alkuaineilla | ||
ablative | alkuaineelta | alkuaineilta | ||
allative | alkuaineelle | alkuaineille | ||
essive | alkuaineena | alkuaineina | ||
translative | alkuaineeksi | alkuaineiksi | ||
abessive | alkuaineetta | alkuaineitta | ||
instructive | — | alkuainein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
Further reading[edit]
- “alkuaine”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (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