valeosto
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
vale- (“fake, false”) + osto (“purchase, buy”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
valeosto
- buy-and-bust operation (undercover operation by narcotics detectives to catch unsuspecting drug dealers)
- pseudopurchase (offer made by police to buy an object, substance or property that is in a person's unlawful possession)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of valeosto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | valeosto | valeostot | ||
genitive | valeoston | valeostojen | ||
partitive | valeostoa | valeostoja | ||
illative | valeostoon | valeostoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | valeosto | valeostot | ||
accusative | nom. | valeosto | valeostot | |
gen. | valeoston | |||
genitive | valeoston | valeostojen | ||
partitive | valeostoa | valeostoja | ||
inessive | valeostossa | valeostoissa | ||
elative | valeostosta | valeostoista | ||
illative | valeostoon | valeostoihin | ||
adessive | valeostolla | valeostoilla | ||
ablative | valeostolta | valeostoilta | ||
allative | valeostolle | valeostoille | ||
essive | valeostona | valeostoina | ||
translative | valeostoksi | valeostoiksi | ||
abessive | valeostotta | valeostoitta | ||
instructive | — | valeostoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “valeosto”, 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 2023-07-04