elosalama
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]elo + salama; thus called because in Finland this type of lightnings are primarily seen in August (elokuu in Finnish)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]elosalama
- heat lightning; an apparently silent lightning that strikes too far from the observer to be heard.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of elosalama (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | elosalama | elosalamat | |
genitive | elosalaman | elosalamoiden elosalamoitten | |
partitive | elosalamaa | elosalamoita | |
illative | elosalamaan | elosalamoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | elosalama | elosalamat | |
accusative | nom. | elosalama | elosalamat |
gen. | elosalaman | ||
genitive | elosalaman | elosalamoiden elosalamoitten elosalamain rare | |
partitive | elosalamaa | elosalamoita | |
inessive | elosalamassa | elosalamoissa | |
elative | elosalamasta | elosalamoista | |
illative | elosalamaan | elosalamoihin | |
adessive | elosalamalla | elosalamoilla | |
ablative | elosalamalta | elosalamoilta | |
allative | elosalamalle | elosalamoille | |
essive | elosalamana | elosalamoina | |
translative | elosalamaksi | elosalamoiksi | |
abessive | elosalamatta | elosalamoitta | |
instructive | — | elosalamoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
[edit]- “elosalama”, 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 2023-07-02