loitto
Finnish
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: 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., whence also Karelian loittona, loittoine, Ludian loitton, Veps loitos.
Pronunciation
Adjective
loitto (comparative loitompi, no superlative)
- (archaic) distant (located far away)
- 1915, Valter juva (tr.), “Jumalien tanhu (title of a poem)”, in Valikoima runoja (A collection of poems), translation of Gudarne dansa (Dance of the gods) by Gustaf Fröding:
- Noin jumalat ylhät, riemuin ja soitoin; ne arvoisin elein ja katsehin loitoin; kävi juhlaan, …
- Thus the noble gods with joy and music; with dignified gestures and distant gazes; began the party, …
Declension
Currently only adessive, ablative and allative cases are used as adverbs; other cases are obsolete, including nominative.
Inflection of loitto (Kotus type 1*C/valo, tt-t gradation) | |||
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nominative | loitto | loitot | |
genitive | loiton | loittojen | |
partitive | loittoa | loittoja | |
illative | loittoon | loittoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | loitto | loitot | |
accusative | nom. | loitto | loitot |
gen. | loiton | ||
genitive | loiton | loittojen | |
partitive | loittoa | loittoja | |
inessive | loitossa | loitoissa | |
elative | loitosta | loitoista | |
illative | loittoon | loittoihin | |
adessive | loitolla | loitoilla | |
ablative | loitolta | loitoilta | |
allative | loitolle | loitoille | |
essive | loittona | loittoina | |
translative | loitoksi | loitoiksi | |
abessive | loitotta | loitoitta | |
instructive | — | loitoin | |
comitative | — | loittoine |
Usage notes
- Unlike positive, the comparative forms are used even in contemporary Finnish as adjectives.
- Some comparative forms are used also as adverbs: loitommaksi, loitommalla, loitommalle, loitommalta, loitommas, loitompaa, loitompana.
- The word loitto is used as modifier in some compound terms in the field of photography.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Derived terms
Compounds
Noun
loitto
- (letterpress typography) base (large spacer)
Declension
Inflection of loitto (Kotus type 1*C/valo, tt-t gradation) | ||||
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nominative | loitto | loitot | ||
genitive | loiton | loittojen | ||
partitive | loittoa | loittoja | ||
illative | loittoon | loittoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | loitto | loitot | ||
accusative | nom. | loitto | loitot | |
gen. | loiton | |||
genitive | loiton | loittojen | ||
partitive | loittoa | loittoja | ||
inessive | loitossa | loitoissa | ||
elative | loitosta | loitoista | ||
illative | loittoon | loittoihin | ||
adessive | loitolla | loitoilla | ||
ablative | loitolta | loitoilta | ||
allative | loitolle | loitoille | ||
essive | loittona | loittoina | ||
translative | loitoksi | loitoiksi | ||
abessive | loitotta | loitoitta | ||
instructive | — | loitoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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