planttu
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
planttu
- (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 edit
Inflection 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 edit
compounds
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