letto
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Probably derived from letä, the consonant stem for lentää (“to fly”), as *len(nä)ttö.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
letto
Declension edit
Inflection of letto (Kotus type 1*C/valo, tt-t gradation) | ||||
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nominative | letto | letot | ||
genitive | leton | lettojen | ||
partitive | lettoa | lettoja | ||
illative | lettoon | lettoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | letto | letot | ||
accusative | nom. | letto | letot | |
gen. | leton | |||
genitive | leton | lettojen | ||
partitive | lettoa | lettoja | ||
inessive | letossa | letoissa | ||
elative | letosta | letoista | ||
illative | lettoon | lettoihin | ||
adessive | letolla | letoilla | ||
ablative | letolta | letoilta | ||
allative | letolle | letoille | ||
essive | lettona | lettoina | ||
translative | letoksi | letoiksi | ||
abessive | letotta | letoitta | ||
instructive | — | letoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
compounds
Related terms edit
References edit
Further reading edit
- “letto”, 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
Anagrams edit
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin lectus (“bed”). Compare French lit, Galician and Portuguese leito and Catalan llit.
Noun edit
letto m (plural letti, diminutive lettìno or lettùccio or letticciòlo, augmentative (uncommon) lettóne, pejorative lettàccio)
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
- copriletto
- lettaccio
- letti a castello (“bunk bed”)
- letti gemelli (“twin beds”)
- lettino
- letto matrimoniale (“double bed”)
- lettone
- lettuccio
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Latin lēctus, perfect passive participle of legō.
Participle edit
letto (feminine letta, masculine plural letti, feminine plural lette)
- past participle of leggere (“to read”)