nooli
Finnish
Etymology
From Swedish snål (“greedy”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnoːli/, [ˈno̞ːli]
- Rhymes: -oːli
- Syllabification: noo‧li
Noun
nooli (comparative noolimpi, superlative noolein)
- (dialectal, Central and Northern Ostrobothnia) greedy, lustful (particularly in terms of food, nonsexual)
- Sinä se olet nooli makian päälle.
- You sure have quite the sweet tooth.
Declension
| Inflection of nooli (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | nooli | noolit | |
| genitive | noolin | noolien | |
| partitive | noolia | nooleja | |
| illative | nooliin | nooleihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | nooli | noolit | |
| accusative | nom. | nooli | noolit |
| gen. | noolin | ||
| genitive | noolin | noolien | |
| partitive | noolia | nooleja | |
| inessive | noolissa | nooleissa | |
| elative | noolista | nooleista | |
| illative | nooliin | nooleihin | |
| adessive | noolilla | nooleilla | |
| ablative | noolilta | nooleilta | |
| allative | noolille | nooleille | |
| essive | noolina | nooleina | |
| translative | nooliksi | nooleiksi | |
| instructive | — | noolein | |
| abessive | noolitta | nooleitta | |
| comitative | — | nooleine | |
| Possessive forms of nooli (type risti) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | noolini | noolimme |
| 2nd person | noolisi | noolinne |
| 3rd person | noolinsa | |
| Only used with substantive adjectives, -inen adjectives used for comparisons of equality or agent participles. | ||
Synonyms
- (greedy): ahne, ahnas
- (one with a liking for something): perso
Derived terms
- noolata (“to drool over”)