Askainen

Finnish

Etymology

aska- +‎ -inen, probably akin to the given name Asko.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑskɑi̯nen/, [ˈɑ̝s̠kɑ̝i̯ne̞n]
  • Rhymes: -ɑskɑinen
  • Syllabification(key): As‧kai‧nen
  • Hyphenation(key): As‧kai‧nen

Proper noun

Askainen

  1. A former municipality in Southwestern Finland, now part of Masku.

Declension

Inflection of Askainen (type 38/nainen)
singular plural
nominative Askainen –
genitive – Askaisten
partitive Askaista Askaisia
accusative Askainen
Askaisen 		–
inessive – Askaisissa
elative – Askaisista
illative – Askaisiin
adessive – Askaisilla
ablative – Askaisilta
allative – Askaisille
essive – Askaisina
translative Askaiseksi Askaisiksi
abessive – Askaisitta
instructive – Askaisin
comitative – Askaisineen

The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Askainen" is Askaisissa. Note that the inflected forms are formed as if they were plural.

Derived terms

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [The Book of Finnish Place Names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN
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