leivos
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
leivos
- pastry, baker's confection (various sweet baked goods, usually decorated and soft enough to be eaten with a spoon)
Usage notes edit
- Some baked goods called "pastry" in English - especially those that can be conveniently eaten by holding them in hand - are classified as pulla in Finnish:
- viineri / viineripulla ― Danish pastry
- mantelipulla ― almond pastry
Declension edit
Inflection of leivos (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | leivos | leivokset | ||
genitive | leivoksen | leivosten leivoksien | ||
partitive | leivosta | leivoksia | ||
illative | leivokseen | leivoksiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | leivos | leivokset | ||
accusative | nom. | leivos | leivokset | |
gen. | leivoksen | |||
genitive | leivoksen | leivosten leivoksien | ||
partitive | leivosta | leivoksia | ||
inessive | leivoksessa | leivoksissa | ||
elative | leivoksesta | leivoksista | ||
illative | leivokseen | leivoksiin | ||
adessive | leivoksella | leivoksilla | ||
ablative | leivokselta | leivoksilta | ||
allative | leivokselle | leivoksille | ||
essive | leivoksena | leivoksina | ||
translative | leivokseksi | leivoksiksi | ||
abessive | leivoksetta | leivoksitta | ||
instructive | — | leivoksin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
compounds
Further reading edit
- “leivos”, 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