liina
See also: Liina
Finnish
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 2 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "fiu-fin-pro" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. (compare Karelian liina, Livonian līn, Veps lin), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *līną (“flax”) (compare English linen, German Lein, Swedish lin).
Pronunciation
Noun
liina
- cloth (piece of garment)
- line (rope, cord or string, especially a flat one)
- (archaic) linen (cloth made from flax fiber)
- (dialectal) hemp
- (dialectal) cambium
Declension
Inflection of liina (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | liina | liinat | ||
genitive | liinan | liinojen | ||
partitive | liinaa | liinoja | ||
illative | liinaan | liinoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | liina | liinat | ||
accusative | nom. | liina | liinat | |
gen. | liinan | |||
genitive | liinan | liinojen liinain rare | ||
partitive | liinaa | liinoja | ||
inessive | liinassa | liinoissa | ||
elative | liinasta | liinoista | ||
illative | liinaan | liinoihin | ||
adessive | liinalla | liinoilla | ||
ablative | liinalta | liinoilta | ||
allative | liinalle | liinoille | ||
essive | liinana | liinoina | ||
translative | liinaksi | liinoiksi | ||
abessive | liinatta | liinoitta | ||
instructive | — | liinoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
- (fabric): pellava
Derived terms
References
- Oja, Vilja (2002). Words for Flax in the Finnic Languages. Linguistica Uralica, 38 (2), 81−92.