Finnish

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Etymology

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leikata +‎ -us

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlei̯kːɑus/, [ˈle̞i̯kːɑ̝us̠]
  • Rhymes: -eikːɑus
  • Hyphenation(key): leik‧ka‧us

Noun

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leikkaus

  1. cut, cutting (act or result of cutting)
  2. (economics, politics) cut, decrease, reduction
  3. (surgery) operation, surgery (surgical procedure, i.e. a procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body)
    leikkaushoitajaperioperative nurse
  4. (clothing) cut (manner or style in which a garment or an article of clothing is fashioned)
  5. (engineering) cut (notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging, e.g. in rock)
  6. (cinematography) editing (assembling a film by cutting and splicing raw footage)
  7. (set theory) intersection (a set created from other sets by taking only the elements present in both or all of those sets)

Declension

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Inflection of leikkaus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative leikkaus leikkaukset
genitive leikkauksen leikkausten
leikkauksien
partitive leikkausta leikkauksia
illative leikkaukseen leikkauksiin
singular plural
nominative leikkaus leikkaukset
accusative nom. leikkaus leikkaukset
gen. leikkauksen
genitive leikkauksen leikkausten
leikkauksien
partitive leikkausta leikkauksia
inessive leikkauksessa leikkauksissa
elative leikkauksesta leikkauksista
illative leikkaukseen leikkauksiin
adessive leikkauksella leikkauksilla
ablative leikkaukselta leikkauksilta
allative leikkaukselle leikkauksille
essive leikkauksena leikkauksina
translative leikkaukseksi leikkauksiksi
abessive leikkauksetta leikkauksitta
instructive leikkauksin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of leikkaus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)

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