pidättyväinen

== Finnish == === Etymology === pidättyvä +‎ -inen; from the active present participle of pidättyä, and the suffix -inen — this adjective has very often the suffix -inen to give the sense "inclined/(pre)disposed to have (the quality that the suffix-free adjective describes)". === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpidætːyʋæi̯nen/, [ˈpidæt̪̚ˌt̪yʋæi̯ne̞n] Rhymes: -æinen Syllabification(key): pi‧dät‧ty‧väi‧nen Hyphenation(key): pi‧dät‧ty‧väi‧nen === Adjective === pidättyväinen (comparative pidättyväisempi, superlative pidättyväisin) reserved, reticent, inhibited retiring, withdrawn, aloof, standoffish, distant abstemious, temperate, moderate (with alcohol) continent, celibate, abstinent (in respect to sex) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (reserved, reticent, inhibited): pidättynyt (retiring, withdrawn, aloof, standoffish, distant): vetäytyvä ==== Derived terms ==== pidättyväisesti pidättyväisyys === Further reading === “pidättyväinen”, in Kielitoimiston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