taikausko
Finnish
editEtymology
edittaika (“magic”) + usko (“belief”). Coined by Finnish folklorist and linguist Daniel Europaeus in 1853.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittaikausko
- superstition (a set of beliefs that future events may be influenced by one's behaviour in some magical or mystical way)
Declension
editInflection of taikausko (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | taikausko | taikauskot | ||
genitive | taikauskon | taikauskojen | ||
partitive | taikauskoa | taikauskoja | ||
illative | taikauskoon | taikauskoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | taikausko | taikauskot | ||
accusative | nom. | taikausko | taikauskot | |
gen. | taikauskon | |||
genitive | taikauskon | taikauskojen | ||
partitive | taikauskoa | taikauskoja | ||
inessive | taikauskossa | taikauskoissa | ||
elative | taikauskosta | taikauskoista | ||
illative | taikauskoon | taikauskoihin | ||
adessive | taikauskolla | taikauskoilla | ||
ablative | taikauskolta | taikauskoilta | ||
allative | taikauskolle | taikauskoille | ||
essive | taikauskona | taikauskoina | ||
translative | taikauskoksi | taikauskoiksi | ||
abessive | taikauskotta | taikauskoitta | ||
instructive | — | taikauskoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “taikausko”, 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