laito
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *laito.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]laito (comparative laidompi, superlative laidoin) (uncommon)
- shallow
- 1943, Ornis Fennica:
- ...joitakin yksilöitä aterioimassa järven laidolla etelärannalla.
- ...some specimens having a meal on the shallow southern shore of the lake.
- 1972, Suomen kalastuslehti:
- Tämä pieni kala ilmautuu kaikkialla maassamme; se oleksii virroissa ja jo’issa kivien alla laidossa vedessä.
- This small fish is found all over our country; it lingers in streams and rivers under the rocks in shallow water.
- 2018, Charles Dickens, edited by Waldemar Churberg (translation), David Copperfield:
- Hänellä oli sellaiset laidot, mustat silmät...
- He had that kind of shallow black eye...
Declension
[edit]Inflection of laito (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation) | |||
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nominative | laito | laidot | |
genitive | laidon | laitojen | |
partitive | laitoa | laitoja | |
illative | laitoon | laitoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | laito | laidot | |
accusative | nom. | laito | laidot |
gen. | laidon | ||
genitive | laidon | laitojen | |
partitive | laitoa | laitoja | |
inessive | laidossa | laidoissa | |
elative | laidosta | laidoista | |
illative | laitoon | laitoihin | |
adessive | laidolla | laidoilla | |
ablative | laidolta | laidoilta | |
allative | laidolle | laidoille | |
essive | laitona | laitoina | |
translative | laidoksi | laidoiksi | |
abessive | laidotta | laidoitta | |
instructive | — | laidoin | |
comitative | — | laitoine |