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mittainen
mittainen
Finnish
Adjective
genitive + mittainen (not comparable)
- measuring, of a measure, being of a certain size, length or height; translation into English varies by context
- Meiltä on tilattu 80.000 ratapölkkyä, mutta emme tiedä, minkä mittaisia niiden pitäisi olla.
- We have received an order for 80,000 railroad ties, but we don't know which measures they should have.
- Onko hän sanansa mittainen mies?
- Is he as good as his word?
- Olin kahdentoista päivän mittaisella Karibian-risteilyllä.
- I was on a twelve-day long cruise on the Caribbean.
- Meiltä on tilattu 80.000 ratapölkkyä, mutta emme tiedä, minkä mittaisia niiden pitäisi olla.
Declension
| Inflection of mittainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | mittainen | mittaiset | |
| genitive | mittaisen | mittaisten mittaisien |
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| partitive | mittaista | mittaisia | |
| illative | mittaiseen | mittaisiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | mittainen | mittaiset | |
| accusative | nom. | mittainen | mittaiset |
| gen. | mittaisen | ||
| genitive | mittaisen | mittaisten mittaisien |
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| partitive | mittaista | mittaisia | |
| inessive | mittaisessa | mittaisissa | |
| elative | mittaisesta | mittaisista | |
| illative | mittaiseen | mittaisiin | |
| adessive | mittaisella | mittaisilla | |
| ablative | mittaiselta | mittaisilta | |
| allative | mittaiselle | mittaisille | |
| essive | mittaisena | mittaisina | |
| translative | mittaiseksi | mittaisiksi | |
| instructive | — | mittaisin | |
| abessive | mittaisetta | mittaisitta | |
| comitative | — | mittaisine | |
Usage notes
Always used with a preceding attribute or interrogative pronoun in genitive.
Compounds
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Related terms
- See related terms -section under kokoinen.