lyttyyn
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Illative of lytty- (see lytyssä)
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
lyttyyn
- flattened, squeezed between something or collapsed, but still in one piece.
- Hänen silinterinsä meni lyttyyn, kun hänen seuralaisensa istui vahingossa sen päälle.
- His top hat was flattened, when his companion accidentally sat on it.
Usage notes[edit]
- This word looks as if it was illative of the word lytty, but such word does not exist.
- The term lyttyyn focuses on the transformation when something is flattened, whereas lytyssä refers to the state of having been flattened.
Inflection[edit]
→○ | illative | lyttyyn |
---|---|---|
○ | inessive | lytyssä |
○→ | elative | – |
Synonyms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “lyttyyn”, 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 2023-07-03