lukio
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Coined by Finnish linguist and author Reinhold von Becker in 1836, most likely as luk- + -io, However, Latin Lycēum (from Ancient Greek Λύκειον (Lúkeion), compare English lyceum, Finnish lyseo) is possibly also related, and the possibility of the word being a phono-semantic matching cannot be ruled out.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lukio
- a usually three-year school in the Finnish school system that prepares the students for academic studies (grades 10 to 12); corresponds to gymnasium (Europe), senior high school (US) and high school in some other places
Usage notes[edit]
- In the current Finnish school system lukio is preceded by nine years of peruskoulu. Until the 1970s there were four years of kansakoulu followed by five years of keskikoulu. keskikoulu and lukio were together called oppikoulu. Those who did not pass the exam for oppikoulu continued in kansakoulu and kansalaiskoulu for another four to five years.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of lukio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | lukio | lukiot | ||
genitive | lukion | lukioiden lukioitten | ||
partitive | lukiota | lukioita | ||
illative | lukioon | lukioihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | lukio | lukiot | ||
accusative | nom. | lukio | lukiot | |
gen. | lukion | |||
genitive | lukion | lukioiden lukioitten | ||
partitive | lukiota | lukioita | ||
inessive | lukiossa | lukioissa | ||
elative | lukiosta | lukioista | ||
illative | lukioon | lukioihin | ||
adessive | lukiolla | lukioilla | ||
ablative | lukiolta | lukioilta | ||
allative | lukiolle | lukioille | ||
essive | lukiona | lukioina | ||
translative | lukioksi | lukioiksi | ||
abessive | lukiotta | lukioitta | ||
instructive | — | lukioin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Compounds[edit]
compounds
Further reading[edit]
- “lukio”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03