leivos
Finnish
Leivos
Etymology
leipoa (“to bake”) + -os
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlei̯ʋos/, [ˈle̞i̯ʋo̞s̠]
- Rhymes: -eiʋos
- Syllabification(key): lei‧vos
Noun
leivos
- pastry, baker's confection (various sweet baked goods, usually decorated and soft enough to be eaten with a spoon)
Usage notes
- Some baked goods called "pastry" in English - especially those that can be conveniently eaten by holding them in hand - are classified as pulla in Finnish:
- viineri / viineripulla ― Danish pastry
- mantelipulla ― almond pastry
Declension
| Inflection of leivos (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | leivos | leivokset | |
| genitive | leivoksen | leivosten leivoksien | |
| partitive | leivosta | leivoksia | |
| illative | leivokseen | leivoksiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | leivos | leivokset | |
| accusative | nom. | leivos | leivokset |
| gen. | leivoksen | ||
| genitive | leivoksen | leivosten leivoksien | |
| partitive | leivosta | leivoksia | |
| inessive | leivoksessa | leivoksissa | |
| elative | leivoksesta | leivoksista | |
| illative | leivokseen | leivoksiin | |
| adessive | leivoksella | leivoksilla | |
| ablative | leivokselta | leivoksilta | |
| allative | leivokselle | leivoksille | |
| essive | leivoksena | leivoksina | |
| translative | leivokseksi | leivoksiksi | |
| instructive | — | leivoksin | |
| abessive | leivoksetta | leivoksitta | |
| comitative | — | leivoksineen | |
| Possessive forms of leivos (type vastaus) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | leivokseni | leivoksemme |
| 2nd person | leivoksesi | leivoksenne |
| 3rd person | leivoksensa | |
Compounds
- jäätelöleivos
- kermaleivos
- leivoskahvi
- leivoskahvila
- leivoslapio
- leivosvuoka
- marenkileivos
- muroleivos
- omenaleivos
- perunaleivos
- sacherleivos
- suklaaleivos
- teeleivos
- toscaleivos
- toskaleivos
- vuokaleivos