Adjective: ainoa
Declension: 15/korkea
Singular
| Nominative | ainoa |
| Accusative | ainoa; ainoan |
| Genetive | ainoan |
| Partitive | ainoaa; ainoata |
| Inessive | ainoassa |
| Elative | ainoasta |
| Illative | ainoaan |
| Adessive | ainoalla |
| Ablative | ainoalta |
| Allative | ainoalle |
| Essive | ainoana |
| Translative | ainoaksi |
| Abessive | ainoatta |
Plural
| Nominative | ainoat |
| Accusative | ainoat |
| Genetive | ainoiden; ainoitten |
| Partitive | ainoita |
| Inessive | ainoissa |
| Elative | ainoista |
| Illative | ainoisiin; ainoihin |
| Adessive | ainoilla |
| Ablative | ainoilta |
| Allative | ainoille |
| Essive | ainoina |
| Translative | ainoiksi |
| Abessive | ainoitta |
| Instructive | ainoin |
| Comitative | ainoine |
Sample Sentences
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Pekka on ainoa lapseni. (Pekka is my only child.)
Adjectives inflected like ainoa
sankea,
hämäräsokea,
mustavalkea,
punavalkea,
kasvosokea,
kullanruskea,
pronssinruskea,
kuolonkalpea,
äkkimakea,
maidonvalkea,
perisokea,
harmaanruskea,
salskea,
tasakorkea,
värisokea,
kuumankostea,
sotasokea,
ruosteenruskea,
lumisokea,
suolaisenmakea, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *ainaga (compare Estonian ainus, Ingrian ainava, Livonian āinagi, Ludian ainag, Votic ainõgo), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *ainagaz (“sole”) (from *ainaz (“one”), compare Latin unicus (“unique”)). See: Latin Adjectives '
unicus'.
Translations