loitto
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *loitto-, whence also Karelian loittoni, loittoine, Ludian loitton, Veps loitos. Possibly related to loiva.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈloi̯tːo/, [ˈlo̞i̯t̪ːo̞]
- Rhymes: -oitːo
- Syllabification(key): loit‧to
Adjective
loitto (comparative loitompi, no superlative)
- (archaic) distant (located far away)
- 1915, Valter juva (tr.), “Jumalien tanhu (title of a poem)”, in Valikoima runoja (A collection of poems), translation of Gudarne dansa (Dance of the gods) by Gustaf Fröding:
- Noin jumalat ylhät, riemuin ja soitoin; ne arvoisin elein ja katsehin loitoin; kävi juhlaan, …
- Thus the noble gods with joy and music; with dignified gestures and distant gazes; began the party, …
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Usage notes
- Unlike positive, the comparative forms are used even in contemporary Finnish as adjectives.
- Some comparative forms are used also as adverbs: loitommaksi, loitommalla, loitommalle, loitommalta, loitommas, loitompaa, loitompana.
- The word loitto is used as modifier in some compound terms in the field of photography.
Declension
Currently only adessive, ablative and allative cases are used as adverbs; other cases are obsolete, including nominative.
| Inflection of loitto (Kotus type 1*C/valo, tt-t gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | loitto | loitot | |
| genitive | loiton | loittojen | |
| partitive | loittoa | loittoja | |
| illative | loittoon | loittoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | loitto | loitot | |
| accusative | nom. | loitto | loitot |
| gen. | loiton | ||
| genitive | loiton | loittojen | |
| partitive | loittoa | loittoja | |
| inessive | loitossa | loitoissa | |
| elative | loitosta | loitoista | |
| illative | loittoon | loittoihin | |
| adessive | loitolla | loitoilla | |
| ablative | loitolta | loitoilta | |
| allative | loitolle | loitoille | |
| essive | loittona | loittoina | |
| translative | loitoksi | loitoiksi | |
| instructive | — | loitoin | |
| abessive | loitotta | loitoitta | |
| comitative | — | loittoine | |
| Possessive forms of loitto (type valo) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives. | ||
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | loittoni | loittomme |
| 2nd person | loittosi | loittonne |
| 3rd person | loittonsa | |
Synonyms
- etäinen
- kaukainen
Derived terms
Derived terms
- loitonnus
- loitontaa
- loitontamissopimus
- loitontua
- loitontuminen
- loitota
- loittoneva
Compounds
- loittoputki
- loittorengas
- loittosarja
Noun
loitto
- (letterpress typography) base (large spacer)
- (photography) Short for loittorengas.
Declension
| Inflection of loitto (Kotus type 1*C/valo, tt-t gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | loitto | loitot | |
| genitive | loiton | loittojen | |
| partitive | loittoa | loittoja | |
| illative | loittoon | loittoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | loitto | loitot | |
| accusative | nom. | loitto | loitot |
| gen. | loiton | ||
| genitive | loiton | loittojen | |
| partitive | loittoa | loittoja | |
| inessive | loitossa | loitoissa | |
| elative | loitosta | loitoista | |
| illative | loittoon | loittoihin | |
| adessive | loitolla | loitoilla | |
| ablative | loitolta | loitoilta | |
| allative | loitolle | loitoille | |
| essive | loittona | loittoina | |
| translative | loitoksi | loitoiksi | |
| instructive | — | loitoin | |
| abessive | loitotta | loitoitta | |
| comitative | — | loittoineen | |
| Possessive forms of loitto (type valo) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | loittoni | loittomme |
| 2nd person | loittosi | loittonne |
| 3rd person | loittonsa | |
Hypernyms
- sokeisto