toope
Finnish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Swedish tåpig (“stupid, simple, foolish”), itself from French daube (“failure”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittoope (informal)
- moron, rock, dumbass, bugger, goof, dork, nincompoop, dolt, dumbbell, failure (unintelligent, nonperforming person)
Declension
editInflection of toope (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | toope | toopet | ||
genitive | toopen | toopejen | ||
partitive | toopea | toopeja | ||
illative | toopeen | toopeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | toope | toopet | ||
accusative | nom. | toope | toopet | |
gen. | toopen | |||
genitive | toopen | toopejen toopein rare | ||
partitive | toopea | toopeja | ||
inessive | toopessa | toopeissa | ||
elative | toopesta | toopeista | ||
illative | toopeen | toopeihin | ||
adessive | toopella | toopeilla | ||
ablative | toopelta | toopeilta | ||
allative | toopelle | toopeille | ||
essive | toopena | toopeina | ||
translative | toopeksi | toopeiksi | ||
abessive | toopetta | toopeitta | ||
instructive | — | toopein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
edit- “toope”, 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