leili
See also: Leili
Finnish
The coat-of-arms of the former Finnish municipality Karjala, depicting a wooden leili.
Etymology
From Old Swedish läghil, from Latin, from Ancient Greek. Compare Swedish lägel.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: lei‧li
- Rhymes: -eili
- IPA(key): [ˈleili]
Noun
leili
- flagon (vessel of about 2 to 3 liters, used for drink, in Finland made primarily of wood, elsewhere also of leather, metal, glass or ceramic)
Declension
| Inflection of leili (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | leili | leilit | |
| genitive | leilin | leilien | |
| partitive | leiliä | leilejä | |
| illative | leiliin | leileihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | leili | leilit | |
| accusative | nom. | leili | leilit |
| gen. | leilin | ||
| genitive | leilin | leilien | |
| partitive | leiliä | leilejä | |
| inessive | leilissä | leileissä | |
| elative | leilistä | leileistä | |
| illative | leiliin | leileihin | |
| adessive | leilillä | leileillä | |
| ablative | leililtä | leileiltä | |
| allative | leilille | leileille | |
| essive | leilinä | leileinä | |
| translative | leiliksi | leileiksi | |
| instructive | — | leilein | |
| abessive | leilittä | leileittä | |
| comitative | — | leileineen | |
Synonyms
- lekkeri
Compounds
- nahkaleili
Anagrams
- iille