lailla
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Finnish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
< lajilla (the adessive singular form of laji (“kind, sort”))
Postposition[edit]
lailla (+ genitive and/or possessive suffix)
Inflection[edit]
The possessive forms are not used that often.
Personal/possessive forms of lailla | ||
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no possessor | lailla | |
possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | laillani | laillamme |
2nd person | laillasi | laillanne |
3rd person | laillaan laillansa |
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- samalla lailla (“in the same way”)
- sillä lailla (“in that way, like that”)
- tällä lailla (“in this way, like this”)
- aika lailla (“quite a bit, not a little”)
- hullun lailla (“madly, like crazy”)
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “lailla”, 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 2023-07-01
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
lailla
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
lailla