tapain

Finnish

Noun

tapain

1. (rare) genitive plural of tapa

Anagrams

• Tapani, apinat, ipanat, painat, patani, patina, pintaa, tapani

Ingrian

Etymology

From tapa (“manner”) +‎ -in. Akin to Finnish tapainen.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑpɑi̯ne/, [ˈtɑpɑi̯n]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑpɑi̯n/, [ˈtɑpˑɑi̯n]
• Rhymes: -ɑpɑi̯n
• Hyphenation: ta‧pain

Adjective

tapain (comparative tapaisemp)

1. (+ genitive) resembling

Declension

Declension of tapain (type 1/kärpäin, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	tapain	tapaiset
genitive	tapaisen	tapaisiin
partitive	tapaista, tapaist	tapaisia
illative	tapaisee	tapaisii
inessive	tapaisees	tapaisiis
elative	tapaisest	tapaisist
allative	tapaiselle	tapaisille
adessive	tapaiseel	tapaisiil
ablative	tapaiselt	tapaisilt
translative	tapaiseks	tapaisiks
essive	tapaisenna, tapaiseen	tapaisinna, tapaisiin
exessive1)	tapaisent	tapaisint
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.

Derived terms

• hyväntapain
• samantapain

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 572