metsänpeitto
Finnish
Etymology
metsän + peitto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmetsænˌpei̯tːo/, [ˈme̞ts̠æmˌpe̞i̯t̪ːo̞]
- Rhymes: -eitːo
- Syllabification(key): met‧sän‧peit‧to
Noun
metsänpeitto
- (Finnish mythology) Getting lost in a forest in a way that, according to folklore, one suddenly no longer recognizes the terrain around them and becomes invisible to others, only to (possibly) later get their bearings again.
Declension
| Inflection of metsänpeitto (Kotus type 1*C/valo, tt-t gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | metsänpeitto | metsänpeitot | |
| genitive | metsänpeiton | metsänpeittojen | |
| partitive | metsänpeittoa | metsänpeittoja | |
| illative | metsänpeittoon | metsänpeittoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | metsänpeitto | metsänpeitot | |
| accusative | nom. | metsänpeitto | metsänpeitot |
| gen. | metsänpeiton | ||
| genitive | metsänpeiton | metsänpeittojen | |
| partitive | metsänpeittoa | metsänpeittoja | |
| inessive | metsänpeitossa | metsänpeitoissa | |
| elative | metsänpeitosta | metsänpeitoista | |
| illative | metsänpeittoon | metsänpeittoihin | |
| adessive | metsänpeitolla | metsänpeitoilla | |
| ablative | metsänpeitolta | metsänpeitoilta | |
| allative | metsänpeitolle | metsänpeitoille | |
| essive | metsänpeittona | metsänpeittoina | |
| translative | metsänpeitoksi | metsänpeitoiksi | |
| instructive | — | metsänpeitoin | |
| abessive | metsänpeitotta | metsänpeitoitta | |
| comitative | — | metsänpeittoineen | |
| Possessive forms of metsänpeitto (type valo) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | metsänpeittoni | metsänpeittomme |
| 2nd person | metsänpeittosi | metsänpeittonne |
| 3rd person | metsänpeittonsa | |