kostea
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Equivalent to kostaa + -ea. Sense contaminated by the family of kastaa; see kostua for more.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]kostea (comparative kosteampi, superlative kostein)
- moist, humid, damp, wet (with high humidity or some liquid, but not completely impregnated)
- (of an event, period etc.) boozy (involving large consumption of alcohol)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of kostea (Kotus type 15/korkea, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | kostea | kosteat | |
genitive | kostean | kosteiden kosteitten | |
partitive | kosteaa kosteata |
kosteita | |
illative | kosteaan | kosteisiin kosteihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kostea | kosteat | |
accusative | nom. | kostea | kosteat |
gen. | kostean | ||
genitive | kostean | kosteiden kosteitten kosteain rare | |
partitive | kosteaa kosteata |
kosteita | |
inessive | kosteassa | kosteissa | |
elative | kosteasta | kosteista | |
illative | kosteaan | kosteisiin kosteihin | |
adessive | kostealla | kosteilla | |
ablative | kostealta | kosteilta | |
allative | kostealle | kosteille | |
essive | kosteana | kosteina | |
translative | kosteaksi | kosteiksi | |
abessive | kosteatta | kosteitta | |
instructive | — | kostein | |
comitative | — | kosteine |
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “kostea”, 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