Ahlainen

Finnish

Etymology

Possibly from Ahla +‎ -inen, from the same root as alhainen referring to lowlying terrain. Alternatively possibly from an Old Swedish name Ahle or from Swedish ål (“underwater sandbank”) +‎ -inen.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑhlɑi̯nen/, [ˈɑ̝xlɑ̝i̯ne̞n]
  • Rhymes: -ɑhlɑinen
  • Syllabification(key): Ah‧lai‧nen
  • Hyphenation(key): Ah‧lai‧nen

Proper noun

Ahlainen

  1. A former municipality in Finland, merged with Pori in 1972.

Declension

Inflection of Ahlainen (type 38/nainen)
singular plural
nominative Ahlainen –
genitive – Ahlaisten
partitive Ahlaista Ahlaisia
accusative Ahlainen
Ahlaisen 		–
inessive – Ahlaisissa
elative – Ahlaisista
illative – Ahlaisiin
adessive – Ahlaisilla
ablative – Ahlaisilta
allative – Ahlaisille
essive – Ahlaisina
translative Ahlaiseksi Ahlaisiksi
abessive – Ahlaisitta
instructive – Ahlaisin
comitative – Ahlaisineen

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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