lempi

See also: Lempi

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lempi, possibly originally meaning "heat, burning". Compare dialectal Estonian lemme (“spark”).

Noun

lempi

  1. (poetic, archaic) love.
  2. (poetic, euphemistic) love-making, sex.
  3. As a very common former part of compound signifies favorite/favourite.
    ~musiikki favorite music
    ~kirja favorite book

Declension
Inflection of lempi (Kotus type 7/ovi, mp-mm gradation)
nominative lempi lemmet
genitive lemmen lempien
partitive lempeä lempiä
illative lempeen lempiin
singular plural
nominative lempi lemmet
accusative nom. lempi lemmet
gen. lemmen
genitive lemmen lempien
partitive lempeä lempiä
inessive lemmessä lemmissä
elative lemmestä lemmistä
illative lempeen lempiin
adessive lemmellä lemmillä
ablative lemmeltä lemmiltä
allative lemmelle lemmille
essive lempenä lempinä
translative lemmeksi lemmiksi
instructive — lemmin
abessive lemmettä lemmittä
comitative — lempineen

Derived terms

Verb

lempi

  1. Third-person singular indicative past form of lempiä.
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