hetale
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Possibly sound-symbolic + -le,[1] or possibly from North Germanic (compare Old Norse fetill).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hetale
- (derogatory) rag (low quality article of clothing)
- (dialectal) shred, strip
Declension edit
Inflection of hetale (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | hetale | hetaleet | ||
genitive | hetaleen | hetaleiden hetaleitten | ||
partitive | hetaletta | hetaleita | ||
illative | hetaleeseen | hetaleisiin hetaleihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | hetale | hetaleet | ||
accusative | nom. | hetale | hetaleet | |
gen. | hetaleen | |||
genitive | hetaleen | hetaleiden hetaleitten | ||
partitive | hetaletta | hetaleita | ||
inessive | hetaleessa | hetaleissa | ||
elative | hetaleesta | hetaleista | ||
illative | hetaleeseen | hetaleisiin hetaleihin | ||
adessive | hetaleella | hetaleilla | ||
ablative | hetaleelta | hetaleilta | ||
allative | hetaleelle | hetaleille | ||
essive | hetaleena | hetaleina | ||
translative | hetaleeksi | hetaleiksi | ||
abessive | hetaleetta | hetaleitta | ||
instructive | — | hetalein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Related terms edit
References edit
Further reading edit
- “hetale”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02