lavea
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From a southwestern dialectal form lavia (modified under influence from -ea), from Proto-Finnic *lakja (whence also laaja).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
lavea (comparative laveampi, superlative lavein)
- Synonym of laaja (“wide, broad”)
- (biblical, idiomatic) broad
- lavea tie ― the broad way (the way of sin, the road to destruction; from Matthew 7:13)
- (phonetics) unrounded, illabial
Declension edit
Inflection of lavea (Kotus type 15/korkea, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | lavea | laveat | |
genitive | lavean | laveiden laveitten | |
partitive | laveaa laveata |
laveita | |
illative | laveaan | laveisiin laveihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | lavea | laveat | |
accusative | nom. | lavea | laveat |
gen. | lavean | ||
genitive | lavean | laveiden laveitten laveainrare | |
partitive | laveaa laveata |
laveita | |
inessive | laveassa | laveissa | |
elative | laveasta | laveista | |
illative | laveaan | laveisiin laveihin | |
adessive | lavealla | laveilla | |
ablative | lavealta | laveilta | |
allative | lavealle | laveille | |
essive | laveana | laveina | |
translative | laveaksi | laveiksi | |
abessive | laveatta | laveitta | |
instructive | — | lavein | |
comitative | — | laveine |
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References edit
Further reading edit
- “lavea”, 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