Luotainen

Luotainen is a Finnish adjective meaning "trustworthy" or "reliable." It describes a person, organization, or thing believed to be dependable. In contemporary Finnish, luotettava is the more common term for reliability, while luotainen is encountered mainly in older literature, formal prose, or certain fixed expressions. The word is built from the verb luottaa ("to trust") and the adjectival suffix -inen, linking it to related concepts such as luottamus (trust) and luottaa.

In usage, luotainen is generally inflected like other -inen adjectives and forms the opposite of epäluotainen ("untrustworthy" or "unreliable"). It can also function in compound or descriptive phrases that emphasize reliability, though such uses are less frequent than those of luotettava.

Etymology and related forms: from luottaa plus -inen; cognate with other Finnic languages’ terms for trust and trustworthiness. Related terms include luottamus ("trust"), luottaa ("to trust"), and epäluotettava ("untrustworthy").

See also: Luotettava, epäluotainen, luottamus, luottaa.