kalleus
Finnish
Etymology
kallis + -uus
Noun
kalleus
- expensiveness, costliness
- (plural only) valuables, treasure
Usage notes
In the sense "valuables" the term refers to really precious things such as jewellery and fine art, not mere watches and credit cards, which are rather called arvoesine.
Declension
| Inflection of kalleus (Kotus type 40/kalleus, t-d gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kalleus | kalleudet | |
| genitive | kalleuden | kalleuksien | |
| partitive | kalleutta | kalleuksia | |
| illative | kalleuteen | kalleuksiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kalleus | kalleudet | |
| accusative | nom. | kalleus | kalleudet |
| gen. | kalleuden | ||
| genitive | kalleuden | kalleuksien | |
| partitive | kalleutta | kalleuksia | |
| inessive | kalleudessa | kalleuksissa | |
| elative | kalleudesta | kalleuksista | |
| illative | kalleuteen | kalleuksiin | |
| adessive | kalleudella | kalleuksilla | |
| ablative | kalleudelta | kalleuksilta | |
| allative | kalleudelle | kalleuksille | |
| essive | kalleutena | kalleuksina | |
| translative | kalleudeksi | kalleuksiksi | |
| instructive | — | kalleuksin | |
| abessive | kalleudetta | kalleuksitta | |
| comitative | — | kalleuksineen | |
Synonyms
- (valuables): arvoesineet, rikkaudet
- (treasure): aarre
Anagrams
- kusella, sukalle, uksella