odotussali
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From odotus (“wait, waiting”) + sali (“hall”). For the contrast with odotushuone, compare Swedish väntsal, väntrum.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]odotussali
- waiting hall, waiting room (particularly at the train station)
- Hypernym: odotustila (any waiting room)
- Coordinate term: odotushuone (particularly at the doctor's office)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of odotussali (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | odotussali | odotussalit | ||
genitive | odotussalin | odotussalien | ||
partitive | odotussalia | odotussaleja | ||
illative | odotussaliin | odotussaleihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | odotussali | odotussalit | ||
accusative | nom. | odotussali | odotussalit | |
gen. | odotussalin | |||
genitive | odotussalin | odotussalien | ||
partitive | odotussalia | odotussaleja | ||
inessive | odotussalissa | odotussaleissa | ||
elative | odotussalista | odotussaleista | ||
illative | odotussaliin | odotussaleihin | ||
adessive | odotussalilla | odotussaleilla | ||
ablative | odotussalilta | odotussaleilta | ||
allative | odotussalille | odotussaleille | ||
essive | odotussalina | odotussaleina | ||
translative | odotussaliksi | odotussaleiksi | ||
abessive | odotussalitta | odotussaleitta | ||
instructive | — | odotussalein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
[edit]- “odotussali”, 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