loiva
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown, possibly related to loitto.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]loiva (comparative loivempi, superlative loivin)
- gentle, gradual, slight (proceeding or advancing by small steps, e.g. a gentle or gradual incline, a slight turn)
- Antonym: jyrkkä
- loiva mäki ― gentle hill, gentle slope
- loiva mutka ― gentle curve/turn, slight curve/turn
Declension
[edit]Inflection of loiva (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | loiva | loivat | |
genitive | loivan | loivien | |
partitive | loivaa | loivia | |
illative | loivaan | loiviin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | loiva | loivat | |
accusative | nom. | loiva | loivat |
gen. | loivan | ||
genitive | loivan | loivien loivain rare | |
partitive | loivaa | loivia | |
inessive | loivassa | loivissa | |
elative | loivasta | loivista | |
illative | loivaan | loiviin | |
adessive | loivalla | loivilla | |
ablative | loivalta | loivilta | |
allative | loivalle | loiville | |
essive | loivana | loivina | |
translative | loivaksi | loiviksi | |
abessive | loivatta | loivitta | |
instructive | — | loivin | |
comitative | — | loivine |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
References
[edit]- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- “loiva”, 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 2023-07-03