epeli
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly epä- + -(e)li. Cognate with Estonian ebel (genitive ebela).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]epeli
- Synonym of vintiö.
- (of a person) something, in expressions like "quite the something"
- On se aika epeli.
- He's quite the something.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of epeli (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | epeli | epelit | ||
genitive | epelin | epelien epeleiden epeleitten | ||
partitive | epeliä | epeleitä epelejä | ||
illative | epeliin | epeleihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | epeli | epelit | ||
accusative | nom. | epeli | epelit | |
gen. | epelin | |||
genitive | epelin | epelien epeleiden epeleitten | ||
partitive | epeliä | epeleitä epelejä | ||
inessive | epelissä | epeleissä | ||
elative | epelistä | epeleistä | ||
illative | epeliin | epeleihin | ||
adessive | epelillä | epeleillä | ||
ablative | epeliltä | epeleiltä | ||
allative | epelille | epeleille | ||
essive | epelinä | epeleinä | ||
translative | epeliksi | epeleiksi | ||
abessive | epelittä | epeleittä | ||
instructive | — | epelein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
[edit]- “epeli”, 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