leima
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Russian клеймо́ (klejmó).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈlei̯mɑ/, [ˈle̞i̯mɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -eimɑ
- Syllabification(key): lei‧ma
- Hyphenation(key): lei‧ma
Noun
[edit]leima
- stamp, mark (indentation or imprint made by stamping, especially as sign of approval quality etc.)
- Kun ostat munia, tarkista laatuleima ennen ostamista.
- With eggs, you need to check for the quality mark before you buy.
- label (name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group)
- Siitä lähtien, kun hän alkoi käydä rokkiklubilla, hänelle on annettu tuhlarin leima.
- Ever since he started going to the rock club, he's been given the label "waster".
- seal (impression of a stamp on wax, paper or other material used for sealing)
- seal (anything that secures or authenticates)
- (figuratively) impress (characteristic; mark of distinction)
- stain, taint, stigma (something that taints a reputation, or a tainted reputation)
- Synonym: tahra
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of leima (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | leima | leimat | |
| genitive | leiman | leimojen | |
| partitive | leimaa | leimoja | |
| illative | leimaan | leimoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | leima | leimat | |
| accusative | nom. | leima | leimat |
| gen. | leiman | ||
| genitive | leiman | leimojen leimain rare | |
| partitive | leimaa | leimoja | |
| inessive | leimassa | leimoissa | |
| elative | leimasta | leimoista | |
| illative | leimaan | leimoihin | |
| adessive | leimalla | leimoilla | |
| ablative | leimalta | leimoilta | |
| allative | leimalle | leimoille | |
| essive | leimana | leimoina | |
| translative | leimaksi | leimoiksi | |
| abessive | leimatta | leimoitta | |
| instructive | — | leimoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “leima”, 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