planttu
Finnish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editplanttu
- (dialectal) sapling, seedling
- novice, beginner, greenhorn (someone new to a profession, usually with a modifier that specifies the profession)
- Tuo insinöörinplanttu luulee tietävänsä kaiken.
- That novice engineer believes he knows everything.
Declension
editInflection of planttu (Kotus type 1*C/valo, tt-t gradation) | |||
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nominative | planttu | plantut | |
genitive | plantun | planttujen | |
partitive | planttua | planttuja | |
illative | planttuun | planttuihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | planttu | plantut | |
accusative | nom. | planttu | plantut |
gen. | plantun | ||
genitive | plantun | planttujen | |
partitive | planttua | planttuja | |
inessive | plantussa | plantuissa | |
elative | plantusta | plantuista | |
illative | planttuun | planttuihin | |
adessive | plantulla | plantuilla | |
ablative | plantulta | plantuilta | |
allative | plantulle | plantuille | |
essive | planttuna | planttuina | |
translative | plantuksi | plantuiksi | |
abessive | plantutta | plantuitta | |
instructive | — | plantuin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
edit- (young plant): taimi
- (novice): aloittelija, keltanokka, märkäkorva, noviisi
Derived terms
editcompounds
Further reading
edit- “planttu”, 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