toope
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish tåpig (“stupid, simple, foolish”), itself from French daube (“failure”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtoːpe/, [ˈt̪o̞ːpe̞]
- Rhymes: -oːpe
- Syllabification(key): too‧pe
Noun
toope
- (informal) moron, rock, dumbass, bugger, goof, dork, nincompoop, dolt, dumbbell, failure (unintelligent, nonperforming person)
Declension
| Inflection of toope (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | toope | toopet | |
| genitive | toopen | toopejen | |
| partitive | toopea | toopeja | |
| illative | toopeen | toopeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | toope | toopet | |
| accusative | nom. | toope | toopet |
| gen. | toopen | ||
| genitive | toopen | toopejen toopeinrare | |
| partitive | toopea | toopeja | |
| inessive | toopessa | toopeissa | |
| elative | toopesta | toopeista | |
| illative | toopeen | toopeihin | |
| adessive | toopella | toopeilla | |
| ablative | toopelta | toopeilta | |
| allative | toopelle | toopeille | |
| essive | toopena | toopeina | |
| translative | toopeksi | toopeiksi | |
| instructive | — | toopein | |
| abessive | toopetta | toopeitta | |
| comitative | — | toopeineen | |
| Possessive forms of toope (type nalle) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | toopeni | toopemme |
| 2nd person | toopesi | toopenne |
| 3rd person | toopensa | |