liesu
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlie̯su/, [ˈlie̞̯s̠u]
- Rhymes: -iesu
- Syllabification(key): lie‧su
Etymology 1
Possibly borrowed from Russian лес (les, “forest”).
Alternative forms
- lietsu
Noun
liesu
- (colloquial, used chiefly adverbially in inessive, elative and illative singular) the condition of not being at home; being out
- Se tyttö on aina liesussa.
- That girl is always out somewhere.
- Taasko sinä lähdet liesuun?
- Are you going out again?
- Se tyttö on aina liesussa.
Declension
| Inflection of liesu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | liesu | liesut | |
| genitive | liesun | liesujen | |
| partitive | liesua | liesuja | |
| illative | liesuun | liesuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | liesu | liesut | |
| accusative | nom. | liesu | liesut |
| gen. | liesun | ||
| genitive | liesun | liesujen | |
| partitive | liesua | liesuja | |
| inessive | liesussa | liesuissa | |
| elative | liesusta | liesuista | |
| illative | liesuun | liesuihin | |
| adessive | liesulla | liesuilla | |
| ablative | liesulta | liesuilta | |
| allative | liesulle | liesuille | |
| essive | liesuna | liesuina | |
| translative | liesuksi | liesuiksi | |
| instructive | — | liesuin | |
| abessive | liesutta | liesuitta | |
| comitative | — | liesuineen | |
| Possessive forms of liesu (type valo) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | liesuni | liesumme |
| 2nd person | liesusi | liesunne |
| 3rd person | liesunsa | |
Derived terms
- liesuta
Etymology 2
Perhaps identical to the northern dialectal word liesu (“foxhole, burrow”), which is a Sami borrowing (compare Northern Sami liessu), due to the propensity of these plants to grow in rock crevasses. Within Finland, the plant grows only in Lapland, which makes up much of the north of the country (although it has also grown in Aland in the past). Already attested in Elias Lönnrot's Flora Fennica (1860), the earliest major botanical work in Finnish.
Noun
liesu
- (botany) rockbrake, parsley fern, Cryptogramma crispa
Declension
| Inflection of liesu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | liesu | liesut | |
| genitive | liesun | liesujen | |
| partitive | liesua | liesuja | |
| illative | liesuun | liesuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | liesu | liesut | |
| accusative | nom. | liesu | liesut |
| gen. | liesun | ||
| genitive | liesun | liesujen | |
| partitive | liesua | liesuja | |
| inessive | liesussa | liesuissa | |
| elative | liesusta | liesuista | |
| illative | liesuun | liesuihin | |
| adessive | liesulla | liesuilla | |
| ablative | liesulta | liesuilta | |
| allative | liesulle | liesuille | |
| essive | liesuna | liesuina | |
| translative | liesuksi | liesuiksi | |
| instructive | — | liesuin | |
| abessive | liesutta | liesuitta | |
| comitative | — | liesuineen | |
| Possessive forms of liesu (type valo) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | liesuni | liesumme |
| 2nd person | liesusi | liesunne |
| 3rd person | liesunsa | |
Anagrams
- sielu, ulise