leija
Finnish
editEtymology
editBack-formation from leijata
Pronunciation
editNoun
editleija
- kite
- (volleyball) float (overhand serve in which the ball is hit with no spin so that its path becomes unpredictable)
- (informal) fart
Declension
editInflection of leija (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | leija | leijat | |
genitive | leijan | leijojen | |
partitive | leijaa | leijoja | |
illative | leijaan | leijoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | leija | leijat | |
accusative | nom. | leija | leijat |
gen. | leijan | ||
genitive | leijan | leijojen leijain rare | |
partitive | leijaa | leijoja | |
inessive | leijassa | leijoissa | |
elative | leijasta | leijoista | |
illative | leijaan | leijoihin | |
adessive | leijalla | leijoilla | |
ablative | leijalta | leijoilta | |
allative | leijalle | leijoille | |
essive | leijana | leijoina | |
translative | leijaksi | leijoiksi | |
abessive | leijatta | leijoitta | |
instructive | — | leijoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
edit- compounds
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “leija”, 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
Anagrams
editLatvian
editNoun
editleija f (4th declension)
Declension
editDeclension of leija (4th declension)
Categories:
- Finnish back-formations
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/eijɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/eijɑ/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- fi:Volleyball
- Finnish informal terms
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- Latvian lemmas
- Latvian nouns
- Latvian feminine nouns
- Latvian dated terms
- Latvian fourth declension nouns