tomppeli
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From dialectal Swedish tåmbäl, probably akin to standard Swedish tumla (“to tumble”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tomppeli (informal)
- ignoramus (dumb person)
- dumbledore (blundering person)
Declension edit
Inflection of tomppeli (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | tomppeli | tomppelit | ||
genitive | tomppelin | tomppelien tomppeleiden tomppeleitten | ||
partitive | tomppelia | tomppeleita tomppeleja | ||
illative | tomppeliin | tomppeleihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | tomppeli | tomppelit | ||
accusative | nom. | tomppeli | tomppelit | |
gen. | tomppelin | |||
genitive | tomppelin | tomppelien tomppeleiden tomppeleitten | ||
partitive | tomppelia | tomppeleita tomppeleja | ||
inessive | tomppelissa | tomppeleissa | ||
elative | tomppelista | tomppeleista | ||
illative | tomppeliin | tomppeleihin | ||
adessive | tomppelilla | tomppeleilla | ||
ablative | tomppelilta | tomppeleilta | ||
allative | tomppelille | tomppeleille | ||
essive | tomppelina | tomppeleina | ||
translative | tomppeliksi | tomppeleiksi | ||
abessive | tomppelitta | tomppeleitta | ||
instructive | — | tomppelein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
- (dumbledore): tohelo
Further reading edit
- “tomppeli”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03