kalleus
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kalleus
- expensiveness, costliness
- (plural only) valuables, treasure
Usage notes edit
In 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 edit
Inflection 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 edit
compounds
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