varjostin
Finnish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
varjostaa (“to shade”) + -in. Coined by Finnish folklorist and linguist Daniel Europaeus in 1853.
Noun edit
varjostin
- lampshade
- Synonym: lampunvarjostin
- shade (light blocker)
- screen (technical term for surface or area for viewing moving picture or slide presentation)
- Synonyms: valkokangas, kuvaruutu
- (computer graphics) shader
Usage notes edit
- (shade): Window shades are usually called verhot in Finnish.
Declension edit
Inflection of varjostin (Kotus type 33/kytkin, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | varjostin | varjostimet | ||
genitive | varjostimen | varjostimien varjostinten | ||
partitive | varjostinta | varjostimia | ||
illative | varjostimeen | varjostimiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | varjostin | varjostimet | ||
accusative | nom. | varjostin | varjostimet | |
gen. | varjostimen | |||
genitive | varjostimen | varjostimien varjostinten | ||
partitive | varjostinta | varjostimia | ||
inessive | varjostimessa | varjostimissa | ||
elative | varjostimesta | varjostimista | ||
illative | varjostimeen | varjostimiin | ||
adessive | varjostimella | varjostimilla | ||
ablative | varjostimelta | varjostimilta | ||
allative | varjostimelle | varjostimille | ||
essive | varjostimena | varjostimina | ||
translative | varjostimeksi | varjostimiksi | ||
abessive | varjostimetta | varjostimitta | ||
instructive | — | varjostimin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
compounds
Further reading edit
- “varjostin”, 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 2023-07-01
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
varjostin