loistaa poissaolollaan

Finnish

Etymology

Calque of French briller par son absence

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈloi̯stɑːˣ ˈpoi̯sːɑˌololːɑːn/, [ˈlo̞i̯s̠tɑ̝ːp̚ ˈpo̞i̯s̠ːɑ̝ˌo̞lo̞lːɑ̝ːn]

Verb

loistaa poissaolollaan

1. (intransitive, idiomatic) to be conspicuous by one's absence, be conspicuously absent.

Conjugation

• See loistaa.
• In addition, poissaolollaan receives a possessive suffix (albeit the third-person form is by far the most common):

Personal/possessive forms for word in phrase
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	poissaolollani	poissaolollamme
2nd person	poissaolollasi	poissaolollanne
3rd person	poissaolollaan poissaolollansa