-ma +‎-ton

-maton (front vowel harmony variant-mätön,linguistic notation-mAtOn)

1. Forms negative adjectives indicating lack of an action from intransitive verbs;un- ~-ed

   ‎olla(“to be”) + ‎-maton → ‎olematon(“nonexistent”)

2. 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”)

3. 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.

• 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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