elosalama
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
elo + salama; thus called because in Finland this type of lightnings are primarily seen in August (elokuu in Finnish)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
elosalama
- heat lightning; an apparently silent lightning that strikes too far from the observer to be heard.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of elosalama (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | elosalama | elosalamat | ||
genitive | elosalaman | elosalamoiden elosalamoitten | ||
partitive | elosalamaa | elosalamoita | ||
illative | elosalamaan | elosalamoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | elosalama | elosalamat | ||
accusative | nom. | elosalama | elosalamat | |
gen. | elosalaman | |||
genitive | elosalaman | elosalamoiden elosalamoitten elosalamainrare | ||
partitive | elosalamaa | elosalamoita | ||
inessive | elosalamassa | elosalamoissa | ||
elative | elosalamasta | elosalamoista | ||
illative | elosalamaan | elosalamoihin | ||
adessive | elosalamalla | elosalamoilla | ||
ablative | elosalamalta | elosalamoilta | ||
allative | elosalamalle | elosalamoille | ||
essive | elosalamana | elosalamoina | ||
translative | elosalamaksi | elosalamoiksi | ||
abessive | elosalamatta | elosalamoitta | ||
instructive | — | elosalamoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading[edit]
- “elosalama”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02