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kaunis
kaunis
Estonian
Adjective
kaunis (genitive kauni, partitive kaunist)
Synonyms
Adverb
kaunis
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *skauniz. Compare to English sheen, German schön and Swedish skön.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑu̯nis/
- Hyphenation: kau‧nis
Adjective
kaunis (comparative kauniimpi, superlative kaunein or kaunehin)
- beautiful
- Hän on todella kaunis.
- She is really beautiful.
- Hän on todella kaunis.
Declension
| Inflection of kaunis (Kotus type 41/vieras, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kaunis | kauniit | |
| genitive | kauniin | kauniiden kauniitten |
|
| partitive | kaunista | kauniita | |
| illative | kauniiseen | kauniisiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kaunis | kauniit | |
| accusative | nom. | kaunis | kauniit |
| gen. | kauniin | ||
| genitive | kauniin | kauniiden kauniitten |
|
| partitive | kaunista | kauniita | |
| inessive | kauniissa | kauniissa | |
| elative | kauniista | kauniista | |
| illative | kauniiseen | kauniisiin kauniihinrare |
|
| adessive | kauniilla | kauniilla | |
| ablative | kauniilta | kauniilta | |
| allative | kauniille | kauniille | |
| essive | kauniina | kauniina | |
| translative | kauniiksi | kauniiksi | |
| instructive | — | kauniin | |
| abessive | kauniitta | kauniitta | |
| comitative | — | kauniineen | |
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