kalleus
Finnish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editkalleus
- expensiveness, costliness
- (plural only) valuables, treasure
Usage notes
editIn the sense "valuables" the term refers to really precious things such as jewellery and fine art, not mere watches and credit cards, which are rather called arvoesine.
Declension
editInflection of kalleus (Kotus type 40*F/kalleus, t-d gradation) | |||
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nominative | kalleus | kalleudet | |
genitive | kalleuden | kalleuksien | |
partitive | kalleutta | kalleuksia | |
illative | kalleuteen | kalleuksiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kalleus | kalleudet | |
accusative | nom. | kalleus | kalleudet |
gen. | kalleuden | ||
genitive | kalleuden | kalleuksien | |
partitive | kalleutta | kalleuksia | |
inessive | kalleudessa | kalleuksissa | |
elative | kalleudesta | kalleuksista | |
illative | kalleuteen | kalleuksiin | |
adessive | kalleudella | kalleuksilla | |
ablative | kalleudelta | kalleuksilta | |
allative | kalleudelle | kalleuksille | |
essive | kalleutena | kalleuksina | |
translative | kalleudeksi | kalleuksiksi | |
abessive | kalleudetta | kalleuksitta | |
instructive | — | kalleuksin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
edit- (valuables): arvoesineet, rikkaudet
- (treasure): aarre
Derived terms
editcompounds
Further reading
edit- “kalleus”, 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 2023-07-02