loikko
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Coined by Finnish physician and philologist Elias Lönnrot for Flora Fennica (1860). Possibly based on the dialectal word loikka, loikko (“flat, shallow”), which may be akin to loiva.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
loikko
- bladder fern (any plant of the genus Cystopteris)
- (in the plural) the genus Cystopteris
Declension[edit]
Inflection of loikko (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation) | ||||
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nominative | loikko | loikot | ||
genitive | loikon | loikkojen | ||
partitive | loikkoa | loikkoja | ||
illative | loikkoon | loikkoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | loikko | loikot | ||
accusative | nom. | loikko | loikot | |
gen. | loikon | |||
genitive | loikon | loikkojen | ||
partitive | loikkoa | loikkoja | ||
inessive | loikossa | loikoissa | ||
elative | loikosta | loikoista | ||
illative | loikkoon | loikkoihin | ||
adessive | loikolla | loikoilla | ||
ablative | loikolta | loikoilta | ||
allative | loikolle | loikoille | ||
essive | loikkona | loikkoina | ||
translative | loikoksi | loikoiksi | ||
abessive | loikotta | loikoitta | ||
instructive | — | loikoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading[edit]
- “loikko”, 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