-maton

See also: maton, matón, matön, and -mätön

Finnish

Etymology

-ma +‎ -ton

Suffix

-maton (front vowel harmony variant -mätön)

  1. Forms negative adjectives indicating lack of an action from intransitive verbs; un- ~ -ed, etc.
    olla (“to be”) → olematon (“nonexistent”)
  2. Forms negative adjectives indicating lack of action upon the object from transitive verbs; un- ~ -ed
    jakaa (“to divide”) → jakamaton (“undivided”)
    syödä (“to eat”) → syömätön (“uneaten”)
  3. Forms negative adjectives indicating incapability from transitive verbs; in- ~ -able
    kieltää (“to deny”) → kieltämätön (“undeniable”)
    lukea (“to count”) → lukematon (“innumerable”)

Usage notes

The corresponding positive adjectives are formed with multiple different suffixes. Sense 1 corresponds to adjectival use of active participles formed with -va, -nut, sense 2 to passive participles formed with -ttu, sense 3 to passive participles formed with -ttava.

Declension
Inflection of -maton (Kotus type 34/onneton, tt-t gradation)
nominative -maton -mattomat
genitive -mattoman -mattomien
partitive -matonta -mattomia
illative -mattomaan -mattomiin
singular plural
nominative -maton -mattomat
accusative nom. -maton -mattomat
gen. -mattoman
genitive -mattoman -mattomien
-matontenrare
partitive -matonta -mattomia
inessive -mattomassa -mattomissa
elative -mattomasta -mattomista
illative -mattomaan -mattomiin
adessive -mattomalla -mattomilla
ablative -mattomalta -mattomilta
allative -mattomalle -mattomille
essive -mattomana -mattomina
translative -mattomaksi -mattomiksi
instructive — -mattomin
abessive -mattomatta -mattomitta
comitative — -mattomine

Derived terms
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References
  • Hakulinen, Lauri. 1941–2000. Suomen kielen rakenne ja kehitys ('The Structure and Development of the Finnish Language'). Helsinki: Otava/Helsingin yliopisto.

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