painajainen

== Finnish == === Etymology === painaa (“to press”) +‎ -jainen – originally, painajainen was a demon that sat on a sleeping person's chest, pressing it down and thus causing bad dreams. Compare Karelian painajaini. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpɑi̯nɑjɑi̯nen/, [ˈpɑ̝i̯nɑ̝ˌjɑ̝i̯ne̞n] Rhymes: -ɑinen Syllabification(key): pai‧na‧jai‧nen Hyphenation(key): pai‧na‧jai‧nen === Noun === painajainen (mythology) nightmare (demon) nightmare (bad dream) nähdä painajaista ― to see a nightmare nightmare (bad experience) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (demon): mara (in Western dialects), ajajainen (bad dream): painajaisuni ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Karelian: (calque) North Karelian: painajaini ==== See also ==== uni === Further reading === “painajainen”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023