salvain

Finnish

Etymology 1

salvaa (“to notch”) +‎ -in

Noun

salvain

  1. A notch (a joint cut to fit and lock the logs into each other in the corners of a log house).
Declension
Inflection of salvain (Kotus type 33/kytkin, no gradation)
nominative salvain salvaimet
genitive salvaimen salvaimien
salvainten
partitive salvainta salvaimia
illative salvaimeen salvaimiin
singular plural
nominative salvain salvaimet
accusative nom. salvain salvaimet
gen. salvaimen
genitive salvaimen salvaimien
salvainten
partitive salvainta salvaimia
inessive salvaimessa salvaimissa
elative salvaimesta salvaimista
illative salvaimeen salvaimiin
adessive salvaimella salvaimilla
ablative salvaimelta salvaimilta
allative salvaimelle salvaimille
essive salvaimena salvaimina
translative salvaimeksi salvaimiksi
instructive — salvaimin
abessive salvaimetta salvaimitta
comitative — salvaimineen
Synonyms

Etymology 2

salva (“salva”)

Noun

salvain

  1. (rare, dated) Genitive plural form of salva.
Alternative forms
  • salvojen

Anagrams
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