-ma + -ton
-maton (front vowel harmony variant -mätön, linguistic notation -mAtOn)
- Forms negative adjectives indicating lack of an action from intransitive verbs; un- ~ -ed
- olla (“to be”) + -maton → olematon (“nonexistent”)
- Forms negative adjectives indicating lack of action upon the object from transitive verbs; un- ~ -ed
- jakaa (“to divide”) + -maton → jakamaton (“undivided”)
- syödä (“to eat”) + -maton → syömätön (“uneaten”)
- Forms negative adjectives indicating incapability from transitive verbs; in- ~ -able, un- ~ -able
- kieltää (“to deny”) + -maton → kieltämätön (“undeniable”)
- lukea (“to count”) + -maton → lukematon (“innumerable”)
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.
| Inflection of -maton (Kotus type 34*C/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
-matonten rare
|
| 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
|
| abessive
|
-mattomatta
|
-mattomitta
|
| instructive
|
—
|
-mattomin
|
| comitative
|
— |
-mattomine
|
| Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.
|
| first-person singular possessor
|
|
|
singular
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
-mattomani
|
-mattomani
|
| accusative
|
nom.
|
-mattomani
|
-mattomani
|
| gen.
|
-mattomani
|
| genitive
|
-mattomani
|
-mattomieni
-matonteni rare
|
| partitive
|
-matontani
|
-mattomiani
|
| inessive
|
-mattomassani
|
-mattomissani
|
| elative
|
-mattomastani
|
-mattomistani
|
| illative
|
-mattomaani
|
-mattomiini
|
| adessive
|
-mattomallani
|
-mattomillani
|
| ablative
|
-mattomaltani
|
-mattomiltani
|
| allative
|
-mattomalleni
|
-mattomilleni
|
| essive
|
-mattomanani
|
-mattominani
|
| translative
|
-mattomakseni
|
-mattomikseni
|
| abessive
|
-mattomattani
|
-mattomittani
|
| instructive
|
—
|
—
|
| comitative
|
— |
-mattomineni
|
| second-person singular possessor
|
|
|
singular
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
-mattomasi
|
-mattomasi
|
| accusative
|
nom.
|
-mattomasi
|
-mattomasi
|
| gen.
|
-mattomasi
|
| genitive
|
-mattomasi
|
-mattomiesi
-matontesi rare
|
| partitive
|
-matontasi
|
-mattomiasi
|
| inessive
|
-mattomassasi
|
-mattomissasi
|
| elative
|
-mattomastasi
|
-mattomistasi
|
| illative
|
-mattomaasi
|
-mattomiisi
|
| adessive
|
-mattomallasi
|
-mattomillasi
|
| ablative
|
-mattomaltasi
|
-mattomiltasi
|
| allative
|
-mattomallesi
|
-mattomillesi
|
| essive
|
-mattomanasi
|
-mattominasi
|
| translative
|
-mattomaksesi
|
-mattomiksesi
|
| abessive
|
-mattomattasi
|
-mattomittasi
|
| instructive
|
—
|
—
|
| comitative
|
— |
-mattominesi
|
| first-person plural possessor
|
|
|
singular
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
-mattomamme
|
-mattomamme
|
| accusative
|
nom.
|
-mattomamme
|
-mattomamme
|
| gen.
|
-mattomamme
|
| genitive
|
-mattomamme
|
-mattomiemme
-matontemme rare
|
| partitive
|
-matontamme
|
-mattomiamme
|
| inessive
|
-mattomassamme
|
-mattomissamme
|
| elative
|
-mattomastamme
|
-mattomistamme
|
| illative
|
-mattomaamme
|
-mattomiimme
|
| adessive
|
-mattomallamme
|
-mattomillamme
|
| ablative
|
-mattomaltamme
|
-mattomiltamme
|
| allative
|
-mattomallemme
|
-mattomillemme
|
| essive
|
-mattomanamme
|
-mattominamme
|
| translative
|
-mattomaksemme
|
-mattomiksemme
|
| abessive
|
-mattomattamme
|
-mattomittamme
|
| instructive
|
—
|
—
|
| comitative
|
— |
-mattominemme
|
| second-person plural possessor
|
|
|
singular
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
-mattomanne
|
-mattomanne
|
| accusative
|
nom.
|
-mattomanne
|
-mattomanne
|
| gen.
|
-mattomanne
|
| genitive
|
-mattomanne
|
-mattomienne
-matontenne rare
|
| partitive
|
-matontanne
|
-mattomianne
|
| inessive
|
-mattomassanne
|
-mattomissanne
|
| elative
|
-mattomastanne
|
-mattomistanne
|
| illative
|
-mattomaanne
|
-mattomiinne
|
| adessive
|
-mattomallanne
|
-mattomillanne
|
| ablative
|
-mattomaltanne
|
-mattomiltanne
|
| allative
|
-mattomallenne
|
-mattomillenne
|
| essive
|
-mattomananne
|
-mattominanne
|
| translative
|
-mattomaksenne
|
-mattomiksenne
|
| abessive
|
-mattomattanne
|
-mattomittanne
|
| instructive
|
—
|
—
|
| comitative
|
— |
-mattominenne
|
| third-person possessor
|
|
|
singular
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
-mattomansa
|
-mattomansa
|
| accusative
|
nom.
|
-mattomansa
|
-mattomansa
|
| gen.
|
-mattomansa
|
| genitive
|
-mattomansa
|
-mattomiensa
-matontensa rare
|
| partitive
|
-matontaan
-matontansa
|
-mattomiaan
-mattomiansa
|
| inessive
|
-mattomassaan
-mattomassansa
|
-mattomissaan
-mattomissansa
|
| elative
|
-mattomastaan
-mattomastansa
|
-mattomistaan
-mattomistansa
|
| illative
|
-mattomaansa
|
-mattomiinsa
|
| adessive
|
-mattomallaan
-mattomallansa
|
-mattomillaan
-mattomillansa
|
| ablative
|
-mattomaltaan
-mattomaltansa
|
-mattomiltaan
-mattomiltansa
|
| allative
|
-mattomalleen
-mattomallensa
|
-mattomilleen
-mattomillensa
|
| essive
|
-mattomanaan
-mattomanansa
|
-mattominaan
-mattominansa
|
| translative
|
-mattomakseen
-mattomaksensa
|
-mattomikseen
-mattomiksensa
|
| abessive
|
-mattomattaan
-mattomattansa
|
-mattomittaan
-mattomittansa
|
| instructive
|
—
|
—
|
| comitative
|
— |
-mattomineen
-mattominensa
|
|
- Hakulinen, Lauri. 1941–2000. Suomen kielen rakenne ja kehitys ('The Structure and Development of the Finnish Language'). Helsinki: Otava/Helsingin yliopisto.
