jousto
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈjou̯sto/, [ˈjo̞u̯s̠to̞]
- Rhymes: -ousto
- Syllabification(key): jous‧to
- Hyphenation(key): jous‧to
Noun
[edit]jousto
- flexibility, flex
- (economics) elasticity (metric to how changes in one variable, e.g. price, affect another variable, e.g. demand)
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of jousto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | jousto | joustot | |
| genitive | jouston | joustojen | |
| partitive | joustoa | joustoja | |
| illative | joustoon | joustoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | jousto | joustot | |
| accusative | nom. | jousto | joustot |
| gen. | jouston | ||
| genitive | jouston | joustojen | |
| partitive | joustoa | joustoja | |
| inessive | joustossa | joustoissa | |
| elative | joustosta | joustoista | |
| illative | joustoon | joustoihin | |
| adessive | joustolla | joustoilla | |
| ablative | joustolta | joustoilta | |
| allative | joustolle | joustoille | |
| essive | joustona | joustoina | |
| translative | joustoksi | joustoiksi | |
| abessive | joustotta | joustoitta | |
| instructive | — | joustoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “jousto”, 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