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kaita
kaita
Finnish
Adjective
kaita (comparative kaidempi, superlative kaidin or kaidoin)
Declension
| Inflection of kaita (Kotus type 9/kala, t-d gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kaita | kaidat | |
| genitive | kaidan | kaitojen | |
| partitive | kaitaa | kaitoja | |
| illative | kaitaan | kaitoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kaita | kaidat | |
| accusative | nom. | kaita | kaidat |
| gen. | kaidan | ||
| genitive | kaidan | kaitojen kaitainrare |
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| partitive | kaitaa | kaitoja | |
| inessive | kaidassa | kaidoissa | |
| elative | kaidasta | kaidoista | |
| illative | kaitaan | kaitoihin | |
| adessive | kaidalla | kaidoilla | |
| ablative | kaidalta | kaidoilta | |
| allative | kaidalle | kaidoille | |
| essive | kaitana | kaitoina | |
| translative | kaidaksi | kaidoiksi | |
| instructive | — | kaidoin | |
| abessive | kaidatta | kaidoitta | |
| comitative | — | kaitoine | |
Etymology 2
Verb
kaita
- (transitive, rare) Alternative form of kaitsea
Conjugation
| Inflection of kaita (Kotus type 69/valita, no gradation) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kaitsen | en kaitse | 1st sing. | olen kainnut | en ole kainnut | |
| 2nd sing. | kaitset | et kaitse | 2nd sing. | olet kainnut | et ole kainnut | |
| 3rd sing. | kaitsee | ei kaitse | 3rd sing. | on kainnut | ei ole kainnut | |
| 1st plur. | kaitsemme | emme kaitse | 1st plur. | olemme kainneet | emme ole kainneet | |
| 2nd plur. | kaitsette | ette kaitse | 2nd plur. | olette kainneet | ette ole kainneet | |
| 3rd plur. | kaitsevat | eivät kaitse | 3rd plur. | ovat kainneet | eivät ole kainneet | |
| passive | kaitaan | ei kaita | passive | on kaittu | ei ole kaittu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kaitsin | en kainnut | 1st sing. | olin kainnut | en ollut kainnut | |
| 2nd sing. | kaitsit | et kainnut | 2nd sing. | olit kainnut | et ollut kainnut | |
| 3rd sing. | kaitsi | ei kainnut | 3rd sing. | oli kainnut | ei ollut kainnut | |
| 1st plur. | kaitsimme | emme kainneet | 1st plur. | olimme kainneet | emme olleet kainneet | |
| 2nd plur. | kaitsitte | ette kainneet | 2nd plur. | olitte kainneet | ette olleet kainneet | |
| 3rd plur. | kaitsivat | eivät kainneet | 3rd plur. | olivat kainneet | eivät olleet kainneet | |
| passive | kaittiin | ei kaittu | passive | oli kaittu | ei ollut kaittu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kaitsisin | en kaitsisi | 1st sing. | olisin kainnut | en olisi kainnut | |
| 2nd sing. | kaitsisit | et kaitsisi | 2nd sing. | olisit kainnut | et olisi kainnut | |
| 3rd sing. | kaitsisi | ei kaitsisi | 3rd sing. | olisi kainnut | ei olisi kainnut | |
| 1st plur. | kaitsisimme | emme kaitsisi | 1st plur. | olisimme kainneet | emme olisi kainneet | |
| 2nd plur. | kaitsisitte | ette kaitsisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte kainneet | ette olisi kainneet | |
| 3rd plur. | kaitsisivat | eivät kaitsisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat kainneet | eivät olisi kainneet | |
| passive | kaittaisiin | ei kaittaisi | passive | olisi kaittu | ei olisi kaittu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | kaitse | älä kaitse | 2nd sing. | ole kainnut | älä ole kainnut | |
| 3rd sing. | kaitkoon | älköön kaitko | 3rd sing. | olkoon kainnut | älköön olko kainnut | |
| 1st plur. | kaitkaamme | älkäämme kaitko | 1st plur. | olkaamme kainneet | älkäämme olko kainneet | |
| 2nd plur. | kaitkaa | älkää kaitko | 2nd plur. | olkaa kainneet | älkää olko kainneet | |
| 3rd plur. | kaitkoot | älkööt kaitko | 3rd plur. | olkoot kainneet | älkööt olko kainneet | |
| passive | kaittakoon | älköön kaittako | passive | olkoon kaittu | älköön olko kaittu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kainnen | en kainne | 1st sing. | lienen kainnut | en liene kainnut | |
| 2nd sing. | kainnet | et kainne | 2nd sing. | lienet kainnut | et liene kainnut | |
| 3rd sing. | kainnee | ei kainne | 3rd sing. | lienee kainnut | ei liene kainnut | |
| 1st plur. | kainnemme | emme kainne | 1st plur. | lienemme kainneet | emme liene kainneet | |
| 2nd plur. | kainnette | ette kainne | 2nd plur. | lienette kainneet | ette liene kainneet | |
| 3rd plur. | kainnevat | eivät kainne | 3rd plur. | lienevät kainneet | eivät liene kainneet | |
| passive | kaittaneen | ei kaittane | passive | lienee kaittu | ei liene kaittu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | kaita | present | kaitseva | kaittava | ||
| long 1st2 | kaitakseen | past | kainnut | kaittu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | kaitessa | kaittaessa | agent1, 3 | kaitsema | |
| instructive | kaiten | — | negative | kaitsematon | ||
| 3rd | inessive | kaitsemassa | — | 1) Usually with a possessive suffix. 2) Used only with a possessive suffix; this is the form for the third-person singular and third-person plural. |
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| elative | kaitsemasta | — | ||||
| illative | kaitsemaan | — | ||||
| adessive | kaitsemalla | — | ||||
| abessive | kaitsematta | — | ||||
| instructive | kaitseman | kaittaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | kaitseminen | ||||
| partitive | kaitsemista | |||||
| 5th2 | kaitsemaisillaan | |||||
Anagrams
Veps
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kaiccedak.
Verb
kaita
Inflection
| Inflection | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st infinitive | kaita | ||
| present indic. | kaičeb | ||
| past indic. | kaiči | ||
| present indicative |
past indicative |
imperative | |
| 1st singular | kaičen | kaičin | — |
| 2nd singular | kaičed | kaičid | kaiče |
| 3rd singular | kaičeb | kaiči | ? |
| 1st plural | kaičem | kaičim | kaikam |
| 2nd plural | kaičet | kaičit | kaikat |
| 3rd plural | kaitas kaičeba |
kaičiba | ? |
| sing. conneg.1 | kaiče | kaičend | kaiče |
| plur. conneg. | kaikoi | kainugoi | kaikoi |
| present conditional |
past conditional |
potential | |
| 1st singular | kaičižin | kainuižin | kaičenen |
| 2nd singular | kaičižid | kainuižid | kaičened |
| 3rd singular | kaičiži | kainuiži | kaičeneb |
| 1st plural | kaičižim | kainuižim | kaičenem |
| 2nd plural | kaičižit | kainuižit | kaičenet |
| 3rd plural | kaičižiba | kainuižiba | kaičeneba |
| connegative | kaičiži | kainuiži | kaičene |
| non-finite forms | |||
| 1st infinitive | kaita | ||
| 2nd infinitive | 3rd infinitive | ||
| inessive | kaites | inessive | kaičemas |
| instructive | kaiten | illative | ? |
| participles | elative | kaičemaspäi | |
| present active | kaičii | adessive | kaičemal |
| past active | kainu | abessive | kaičemat |
| past passive | kaitud | ||