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roisto

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Appears to have originally meant "waste, scum, trash, garbage". Possibly related to roju, roina, roipe.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈroi̯sto/, [ˈro̞i̯s̠to̞]
  • Rhymes: -oisto
  • Hyphenation(key): rois‧to

Noun

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roisto

  1. thug, crook, bandit
  2. villain
    Antonym: sankari

Declension

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Inflection of roisto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative roisto roistot
genitive roiston roistojen
partitive roistoa roistoja
illative roistoon roistoihin
singular plural
nominative roisto roistot
accusative nom. roisto roistot
gen. roiston
genitive roiston roistojen
partitive roistoa roistoja
inessive roistossa roistoissa
elative roistosta roistoista
illative roistoon roistoihin
adessive roistolla roistoilla
ablative roistolta roistoilta
allative roistolle roistoille
essive roistona roistoina
translative roistoksi roistoiksi
abessive roistotta roistoitta
instructive roistoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of roisto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative roistoni roistoni
accusative nom. roistoni roistoni
gen. roistoni
genitive roistoni roistojeni
partitive roistoani roistojani
inessive roistossani roistoissani
elative roistostani roistoistani
illative roistooni roistoihini
adessive roistollani roistoillani
ablative roistoltani roistoiltani
allative roistolleni roistoilleni
essive roistonani roistoinani
translative roistokseni roistoikseni
abessive roistottani roistoittani
instructive
comitative roistoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative roistosi roistosi
accusative nom. roistosi roistosi
gen. roistosi
genitive roistosi roistojesi
partitive roistoasi roistojasi
inessive roistossasi roistoissasi
elative roistostasi roistoistasi
illative roistoosi roistoihisi
adessive roistollasi roistoillasi
ablative roistoltasi roistoiltasi
allative roistollesi roistoillesi
essive roistonasi roistoinasi
translative roistoksesi roistoiksesi
abessive roistottasi roistoittasi
instructive
comitative roistoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative roistomme roistomme
accusative nom. roistomme roistomme
gen. roistomme
genitive roistomme roistojemme
partitive roistoamme roistojamme
inessive roistossamme roistoissamme
elative roistostamme roistoistamme
illative roistoomme roistoihimme
adessive roistollamme roistoillamme
ablative roistoltamme roistoiltamme
allative roistollemme roistoillemme
essive roistonamme roistoinamme
translative roistoksemme roistoiksemme
abessive roistottamme roistoittamme
instructive
comitative roistoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative roistonne roistonne
accusative nom. roistonne roistonne
gen. roistonne
genitive roistonne roistojenne
partitive roistoanne roistojanne
inessive roistossanne roistoissanne
elative roistostanne roistoistanne
illative roistoonne roistoihinne
adessive roistollanne roistoillanne
ablative roistoltanne roistoiltanne
allative roistollenne roistoillenne
essive roistonanne roistoinanne
translative roistoksenne roistoiksenne
abessive roistottanne roistoittanne
instructive
comitative roistoinenne

Derived terms

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compounds

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

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