ajan hammas

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Calque of Swedish tidens tand. Compare Dutch tand des tijds.

Noun

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ajan hammas (literally "the tooth of time")

  1. (idiomatic) the passing of time as it has affected the validity or longevity of something; the test of time
    kestää ajan hammastato stand the test of time
    Ajan hammas on purrut tähän elokuvaan.
    This movie hasn't stood the test of time.
    (literally, “The tooth of time has bitten into this movie.”)

Declension

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Inflection of ajan hammas (Kotus type 41*H/vieras, mp-mm gradation)
nominative ajan hammas ajan hampaat
genitive ajan hampaan ajan hampaiden
ajan hampaitten
partitive ajan hammasta ajan hampaita
illative ajan hampaaseen ajan hampaisiin
singular plural
nominative ajan hammas ajan hampaat
accusative nom. ajan hammas ajan hampaat
gen. ajan hampaan
genitive ajan hampaan ajan hampaiden
ajan hampaitten
ajan hammasten rare
partitive ajan hammasta ajan hampaita
inessive ajan hampaassa ajan hampaissa
elative ajan hampaasta ajan hampaista
illative ajan hampaaseen ajan hampaisiin
ajan hampaihin rare
adessive ajan hampaalla ajan hampailla
ablative ajan hampaalta ajan hampailta
allative ajan hampaalle ajan hampaille
essive ajan hampaana ajan hampaina
translative ajan hampaaksi ajan hampaiksi
abessive ajan hampaatta ajan hampaitta
instructive ajan hampain
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of ajan hammas (Kotus type 41*H/vieras, mp-mm gradation)