sanasto
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]sana (“word”) + -sto. Coined by Finnish physician and philologist Elias Lönnrot in 1836.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sanasto
- vocabulary, glossary (collection of words alphabetized and explained)
- lääketieteen sanasto ― a glossary of medicine
- vocabulary, language (collection of words used in a particular field)
- Lääketieteen sanasto on usein vaikeaa tavallisille ihmisille.
- The language of medicine is often difficult for ordinary people.
- vocabulary (words of a language collectively)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of sanasto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | sanasto | sanastot | |
genitive | sanaston | sanastojen | |
partitive | sanastoa | sanastoja | |
illative | sanastoon | sanastoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | sanasto | sanastot | |
accusative | nom. | sanasto | sanastot |
gen. | sanaston | ||
genitive | sanaston | sanastojen | |
partitive | sanastoa | sanastoja | |
inessive | sanastossa | sanastoissa | |
elative | sanastosta | sanastoista | |
illative | sanastoon | sanastoihin | |
adessive | sanastolla | sanastoilla | |
ablative | sanastolta | sanastoilta | |
allative | sanastolle | sanastoille | |
essive | sanastona | sanastoina | |
translative | sanastoksi | sanastoiksi | |
abessive | sanastotta | sanastoitta | |
instructive | — | sanastoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit]- (lexicon): leksikko
- (collection of words used in a particular field, alphabetized and explained): asiasanasto
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “sanasto”, 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