heikkous
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈhei̯kːous/, [ˈhe̞i̯kːo̞us̠]
- Rhymes: -eikːous
- Syllabification(key): heik‧ko‧us
- Hyphenation(key): heik‧ko‧us
Noun
[edit]heikkous
- weakness, feebleness, frailty (condition of being weak, feeble, frail, etc.)
- weakness (special fondness or desire)
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of heikkous (Kotus type 40*F/kalleus, t–d gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | heikkous | heikkoudet | |
| genitive | heikkouden | heikkouksien | |
| partitive | heikkoutta | heikkouksia | |
| illative | heikkouteen | heikkouksiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | heikkous | heikkoudet | |
| accusative | nom. | heikkous | heikkoudet |
| gen. | heikkouden | ||
| genitive | heikkouden | heikkouksien | |
| partitive | heikkoutta | heikkouksia | |
| inessive | heikkoudessa | heikkouksissa | |
| elative | heikkoudesta | heikkouksista | |
| illative | heikkouteen | heikkouksiin | |
| adessive | heikkoudella | heikkouksilla | |
| ablative | heikkoudelta | heikkouksilta | |
| allative | heikkoudelle | heikkouksille | |
| essive | heikkoutena | heikkouksina | |
| translative | heikkoudeksi | heikkouksiksi | |
| abessive | heikkoudetta | heikkouksitta | |
| instructive | — | heikkouksin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “heikkous”, 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 2 July 2023