leipien heitto
Finnish
Etymology
leipien (“of breads”) + heitto (“throw”) - the resulting circles on the surface of the water look a bit like a row of round breads; a similar idiom is used in Swedish and in Russian (throwing blinis), but it's unclear whether they have a common origin. Note also John Higgins' definition from 1585: "A kind of sport or play with an oister shell or stone throwne into the water, and making circles yer it sinke, etc. It is called a ducke and a drake, and a halfe-penie cake."
Noun
- stone skipping, stone skimming, stone skiffing, playing ducks and drakes (act of throwing flat stones to the surface of water and trying to make them bounce)
Declension
| Inflection of leipien heitto (Kotus type 1/valo, tt-t gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | leipien heitto | leipien heitot | |
| genitive | leipien heiton | leipien heittojen | |
| partitive | leipien heittoa | leipien heittoja | |
| illative | leipien heittoon | leipien heittoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | leipien heitto | leipien heitot | |
| accusative | nom. | leipien heitto | leipien heitot |
| gen. | leipien heiton | ||
| genitive | leipien heiton | leipien heittojen | |
| partitive | leipien heittoa | leipien heittoja | |
| inessive | leipien heitossa | leipien heitoissa | |
| elative | leipien heitosta | leipien heitoista | |
| illative | leipien heittoon | leipien heittoihin | |
| adessive | leipien heitolla | leipien heitoilla | |
| ablative | leipien heitolta | leipien heitoilta | |
| allative | leipien heitolle | leipien heitoille | |
| essive | leipien heittona | leipien heittoina | |
| translative | leipien heitoksi | leipien heitoiksi | |
| instructive | — | leipien heitoin | |
| abessive | leipien heitotta | leipien heitoitta | |
| comitative | — | leipien heittoineen | |
Synonyms
Related terms
- heittää leipiä (verb)
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