nooli

Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish snål (“greedy”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈnoːli/, [ˈno̞ːli]
  • Rhymes: -oːli
  • Syllabification: noo‧li

Noun

nooli (comparative noolimpi, superlative noolein)

  1. (dialectal, Central and Northern Ostrobothnia) greedy, lustful (particularly in terms of food, nonsexual)
    Sinä se olet nooli makian päälle.
    You sure have quite the sweet tooth.

Declension
Inflection of nooli (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative nooli noolit
genitive noolin noolien
partitive noolia nooleja
illative nooliin nooleihin
singular plural
nominative nooli noolit
accusative nom. nooli noolit
gen. noolin
genitive noolin noolien
partitive noolia nooleja
inessive noolissa nooleissa
elative noolista nooleista
illative nooliin nooleihin
adessive noolilla nooleilla
ablative noolilta nooleilta
allative noolille nooleille
essive noolina nooleina
translative nooliksi nooleiksi
instructive — noolein
abessive noolitta nooleitta
comitative — nooleine
Possessive forms of nooli (type risti)
possessor singular plural
1st person noolini noolimme
2nd person noolisi noolinne
3rd person noolinsa
Only used with substantive adjectives, -inen adjectives used for comparisons of equality or agent participles.

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