poistuma
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
poistua (“to leave, depart, go away”) + -ma
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
poistuma
- (technical) deletion, loss, wastage, reduction, drain (that which is removed, lost or retired, especially within a given time frame)
- (genetics) deletion (mutation in which a gene, or other section of DNA, is removed from a chromosome)
- (human resources) attrition
- (euphemistic) death
- luonnollinen poistuma ― natural death
Declension[edit]
Inflection of poistuma (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | poistuma | poistumat | ||
genitive | poistuman | poistumien | ||
partitive | poistumaa | poistumia | ||
illative | poistumaan | poistumiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | poistuma | poistumat | ||
accusative | nom. | poistuma | poistumat | |
gen. | poistuman | |||
genitive | poistuman | poistumien poistumain rare | ||
partitive | poistumaa | poistumia | ||
inessive | poistumassa | poistumissa | ||
elative | poistumasta | poistumista | ||
illative | poistumaan | poistumiin | ||
adessive | poistumalla | poistumilla | ||
ablative | poistumalta | poistumilta | ||
allative | poistumalle | poistumille | ||
essive | poistumana | poistumina | ||
translative | poistumaksi | poistumiksi | ||
abessive | poistumatta | poistumitta | ||
instructive | — | poistumin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading[edit]
- “poistuma”, 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
Categories:
- Finnish terms suffixed with -ma (nominal)
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/oistumɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/oistumɑ/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish technical terms
- fi:Genetics
- fi:Human resources
- Finnish euphemisms
- Finnish terms with usage examples
- Finnish koira-type nominals