laiska
Appearance
See also: laiskă
Estonian
[edit]Adjective
[edit]laiska
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *laiska. Cognate with Estonian laisk, Veps lašk.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈlɑi̯skɑ/, [ˈlɑ̝i̯s̠kɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑiskɑ
- Syllabification(key): lais‧ka
- Hyphenation(key): lais‧ka
Adjective
[edit]laiska (comparative laiskempi, superlative laiskin)
- lazy (disinclined to do work or to exertion) [with illative of third infinitive (with verbs)]
- (of an eye) lax
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of laiska (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | laiska | laiskat | |
| genitive | laiskan | laiskojen | |
| partitive | laiskaa | laiskoja | |
| illative | laiskaan | laiskoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | laiska | laiskat | |
| accusative | nom. | laiska | laiskat |
| gen. | laiskan | ||
| genitive | laiskan | laiskojen laiskain rare | |
| partitive | laiskaa | laiskoja | |
| inessive | laiskassa | laiskoissa | |
| elative | laiskasta | laiskoista | |
| illative | laiskaan | laiskoihin | |
| adessive | laiskalla | laiskoilla | |
| ablative | laiskalta | laiskoilta | |
| allative | laiskalle | laiskoille | |
| essive | laiskana | laiskoina | |
| translative | laiskaksi | laiskoiksi | |
| abessive | laiskatta | laiskoitta | |
| instructive | — | laiskoin | |
| comitative | — | laiskoine | |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Noun
[edit]laiska
- synonym of laiskuri (“slob”)
- Laiska töitään luettelee. (proverb)
- A slob counts his chores.
- 1878, Minna Canth, Murtovarkaus, Act II:
- HOPPULAINEN. Milloin laiska työn tekee? Talvella ei tarkene, kesällä ei kerkiä, syksyllä on suuret tuulet, keväällä vettä paljon.
- HOPPULAINEN: When can a lazy man do his work? The winter is too cold, the summer too busy, the autumn too windy, the spring too rainy.
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of laiska (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | laiska | laiskat | |
| genitive | laiskan | laiskojen | |
| partitive | laiskaa | laiskoja | |
| illative | laiskaan | laiskoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | laiska | laiskat | |
| accusative | nom. | laiska | laiskat |
| gen. | laiskan | ||
| genitive | laiskan | laiskojen laiskain rare | |
| partitive | laiskaa | laiskoja | |
| inessive | laiskassa | laiskoissa | |
| elative | laiskasta | laiskoista | |
| illative | laiskaan | laiskoihin | |
| adessive | laiskalla | laiskoilla | |
| ablative | laiskalta | laiskoilta | |
| allative | laiskalle | laiskoille | |
| essive | laiskana | laiskoina | |
| translative | laiskaksi | laiskoiksi | |
| abessive | laiskatta | laiskoitta | |
| instructive | — | laiskoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Further reading
[edit]- “laiska”, 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 2 July 2023
Anagrams
[edit]Ingrian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *laiska. Cognate with Estonian laisk and Finnish laiska.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈlɑi̯skɑ/, [ˈɫɑi̯s̠k]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈlɑi̯skɑ/, [ˈɫɑi̯ʃkɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑi̯sk, -ɑi̯skɑ
- Hyphenation: lais‧ka
Adjective
[edit]laiska (comparative laisemp)
Declension
[edit]| Declension of laiska (type 3/kana, k- gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | laiska | laisat |
| genitive | laisan | laiskoin |
| partitive | laiskaa | laiskoja |
| illative | laiskaa | laiskoi |
| inessive | laisaas | laisois |
| elative | laisast | laisoist |
| allative | laisalle | laisoille |
| adessive | laisaal | laisoil |
| ablative | laisalt | laisoilt |
| translative | laisaks | laisoiks |
| essive | laiskanna, laiskaan | laiskoinna, laiskoin |
| exessive1) | laiskant | laiskoint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
References
[edit]- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 245
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- Estonian non-lemma forms
- Estonian adjective forms
- Finnish terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑiskɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑiskɑ/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish adjectives
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish terms with usage examples
- Finnish terms with quotations
- Ingrian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Ingrian terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Ingrian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Ingrian/ɑi̯sk
- Rhymes:Ingrian/ɑi̯sk/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Ingrian/ɑi̯skɑ
- Rhymes:Ingrian/ɑi̯skɑ/2 syllables
- Ingrian lemmas
- Ingrian adjectives