salvain
Finnish
Etymology 1
salvaa (“to notch”) + -in
Noun
salvain
- A notch (a joint cut to fit and lock the logs into each other in the corners of a log house).
Declension
| Inflection of salvain (Kotus type 33/kytkin, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | salvain | salvaimet | |
| genitive | salvaimen | salvaimien salvainten | |
| partitive | salvainta | salvaimia | |
| illative | salvaimeen | salvaimiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | salvain | salvaimet | |
| accusative | nom. | salvain | salvaimet |
| gen. | salvaimen | ||
| genitive | salvaimen | salvaimien salvainten | |
| partitive | salvainta | salvaimia | |
| inessive | salvaimessa | salvaimissa | |
| elative | salvaimesta | salvaimista | |
| illative | salvaimeen | salvaimiin | |
| adessive | salvaimella | salvaimilla | |
| ablative | salvaimelta | salvaimilta | |
| allative | salvaimelle | salvaimille | |
| essive | salvaimena | salvaimina | |
| translative | salvaimeksi | salvaimiksi | |
| instructive | — | salvaimin | |
| abessive | salvaimetta | salvaimitta | |
| comitative | — | salvaimineen | |
Synonyms
- salvoin
- salvos
Etymology 2
salva (“salva”)
Noun
salvain
- (rare, dated) Genitive plural form of salva.
Alternative forms
- salvojen
Anagrams
- salvian