loisto
Finnish
editEtymology
editloistaa (“to glitter, shine”) + -o
Pronunciation
editNoun
editloisto
- glitter, gleam, shine
- (nautical) A beacon equipped with light, often showing different colours to different directions and blinking according to a recognizable pattern.
- splendor, glory
- Ludvig XIV:n hovin loisto
- the splendor of the court of Louis XIV
- luxury, often as modifier in compound terms.
- loistoristeilijä, loistohuvila
- luxury cruiser, luxury villa
- (as modifier in compounds) Synonym of loistava (“excellent, superb”)
- Olen loistotuulella.
- I'm on excellent mood.
- Hän on loistokaveri.
- He's a superb buddy.
Declension
editInflection of loisto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | loisto | loistot | |
genitive | loiston | loistojen | |
partitive | loistoa | loistoja | |
illative | loistoon | loistoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | loisto | loistot | |
accusative | nom. | loisto | loistot |
gen. | loiston | ||
genitive | loiston | loistojen | |
partitive | loistoa | loistoja | |
inessive | loistossa | loistoissa | |
elative | loistosta | loistoista | |
illative | loistoon | loistoihin | |
adessive | loistolla | loistoilla | |
ablative | loistolta | loistoilta | |
allative | loistolle | loistoille | |
essive | loistona | loistoina | |
translative | loistoksi | loistoiksi | |
abessive | loistotta | loistoitta | |
instructive | — | loistoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
editcompounds
- johtoloisto
- kukkaloisto
- linjaloisto
- loistoaika
- loistoauto
- loistobarbi
- loistoesimerkki
- loistofasaani
- loistohammaskarppi
- loistohotelli
- loistohuvila
- loistokausi
- loistokerttuli
- loistokiipijäkala
- loistokultasiipi
- loistokunto
- loistokääpiöahven
- loistopipilo
- loistorapu
- loistoristeilijä
- loistoristeily
- loistosaavutus
- loistosuoritus
- loistotorni
- loistotulos
- loistotuuli
- loistoviiripyrstö
- loistovire
- väriloisto
Further reading
edit- “loisto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03