litteä

Finnish

Etymology

litti- +‎ -eä (compare Ingrian littiä), a sound-symbolic stem,[1] perhaps a variant of lattea.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlitːeæ/, [ˈlit̪ːe̞æ]
  • Rhymes: -itːeæ
  • Syllabification(key): lit‧te‧ä

Adjective

litteä (comparative litteämpi, superlative littein)

  1. flat
    Hän yritti piiloutua painautumalla litteäksi seinää vasten.
    He tried to hide by flattening himself against the wall.

Declension
Inflection of litteä (Kotus type 15/korkea, no gradation)
nominative litteä litteät
genitive litteän litteiden
litteitten
partitive litteää
litteätä		 litteitä
illative litteään litteisiin
litteihin
singular plural
nominative litteä litteät
accusative nom. litteä litteät
gen. litteän
genitive litteän litteiden
litteitten
litteäinrare
partitive litteää
litteätä		 litteitä
inessive litteässä litteissä
elative litteästä litteistä
illative litteään litteisiin
litteihin
adessive litteällä litteillä
ablative litteältä litteiltä
allative litteälle litteille
essive litteänä litteinä
translative litteäksi litteiksi
instructive — littein
abessive litteättä litteittä
comitative — litteine
Possessive forms of litteä (type korkea)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.
possessor singular plural
1st person litteäni litteämme
2nd person litteäsi litteänne
3rd person litteänsä

Derived terms

See also

References
  1. Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

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