keidas
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Proto-Norse [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *skaidaz; compare Swedish skede (“span of time”). No cognates are found in other Baltic-Finnic languages. The original meaning "forest clearing, mound at swamp; treeless area" can still be seen in the term keidassuo. The sense of "oasis" is an academic adaptation from the late 19th century.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]keidas
Declension
[edit]Inflection of keidas (Kotus type 41*F/vieras, t-d gradation) | ||||
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nominative | keidas | keitaat | ||
genitive | keitaan | keitaiden keitaitten | ||
partitive | keidasta | keitaita | ||
illative | keitaaseen | keitaisiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | keidas | keitaat | ||
accusative | nom. | keidas | keitaat | |
gen. | keitaan | |||
genitive | keitaan | keitaiden keitaitten keidasten rare | ||
partitive | keidasta | keitaita | ||
inessive | keitaassa | keitaissa | ||
elative | keitaasta | keitaista | ||
illative | keitaaseen | keitaisiin keitaihin rare | ||
adessive | keitaalla | keitailla | ||
ablative | keitaalta | keitailta | ||
allative | keitaalle | keitaille | ||
essive | keitaana | keitaina | ||
translative | keitaaksi | keitaiksi | ||
abessive | keitaatta | keitaitta | ||
instructive | — | keitain | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “keidas”, 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 2023-07-02