taikausko
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]taika (“magic”) + usko (“belief”). Coined by Finnish folklorist and linguist Daniel Europaeus in 1853.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]taikausko
- superstition (a set of beliefs that future events may be influenced by one's behaviour in some magical or mystical way)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of taikausko (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | taikausko | taikauskot | |
genitive | taikauskon | taikauskojen | |
partitive | taikauskoa | taikauskoja | |
illative | taikauskoon | taikauskoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | taikausko | taikauskot | |
accusative | nom. | taikausko | taikauskot |
gen. | taikauskon | ||
genitive | taikauskon | taikauskojen | |
partitive | taikauskoa | taikauskoja | |
inessive | taikauskossa | taikauskoissa | |
elative | taikauskosta | taikauskoista | |
illative | taikauskoon | taikauskoihin | |
adessive | taikauskolla | taikauskoilla | |
ablative | taikauskolta | taikauskoilta | |
allative | taikauskolle | taikauskoille | |
essive | taikauskona | taikauskoina | |
translative | taikauskoksi | taikauskoiksi | |
abessive | taikauskotta | taikauskoitta | |
instructive | — | taikauskoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “taikausko”, 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