loikko
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Coined by Finnish physician and philologist Elias Lönnrot for Flora Fennica (1860). Possibly based on the dialectal word loikka, loikko (“flat, shallow”), which may be akin to loiva.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
loikko
- bladder fern (any plant of the genus Cystopteris)
- (in the plural) the genus Cystopteris
Declension edit
Inflection of loikko (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation) | ||||
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nominative | loikko | loikot | ||
genitive | loikon | loikkojen | ||
partitive | loikkoa | loikkoja | ||
illative | loikkoon | loikkoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | loikko | loikot | ||
accusative | nom. | loikko | loikot | |
gen. | loikon | |||
genitive | loikon | loikkojen | ||
partitive | loikkoa | loikkoja | ||
inessive | loikossa | loikoissa | ||
elative | loikosta | loikoista | ||
illative | loikkoon | loikkoihin | ||
adessive | loikolla | loikoilla | ||
ablative | loikolta | loikoilta | ||
allative | loikolle | loikoille | ||
essive | loikkona | loikkoina | ||
translative | loikoksi | loikoiksi | ||
abessive | loikotta | loikoitta | ||
instructive | — | loikoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading edit
- “loikko”, 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 2023-07-03