loikko
Finnish
editEtymology
editCoined by Finnish physician and philologist Elias Lönnrot for Flora Fennica (1860). Possibly based on the dialectal word loikka, loikko (“flat, shallow”), which may be akin to loiva.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editloikko
- bladder fern (any plant of the genus Cystopteris)
- (in the plural) the genus Cystopteris
Declension
editInflection of loikko (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation) | ||||
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nominative | loikko | loikot | ||
genitive | loikon | loikkojen | ||
partitive | loikkoa | loikkoja | ||
illative | loikkoon | loikkoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | loikko | loikot | ||
accusative | nom. | loikko | loikot | |
gen. | loikon | |||
genitive | loikon | loikkojen | ||
partitive | loikkoa | loikkoja | ||
inessive | loikossa | loikoissa | ||
elative | loikosta | loikoista | ||
illative | loikkoon | loikkoihin | ||
adessive | loikolla | loikoilla | ||
ablative | loikolta | loikoilta | ||
allative | loikolle | loikoille | ||
essive | loikkona | loikkoina | ||
translative | loikoksi | loikoiksi | ||
abessive | loikotta | loikoitta | ||
instructive | — | loikoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
edit- “loikko”, 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