hervoton

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Finnish

Etymology

hervo- +‎ -ton, from a variant of hermo.

Pronunciation

Adjective

hervoton (comparative hervottomampi, superlative hervottomin)

  1. limp, flaccid, feeble
  2. (colloquial) outrageous, hilarious, extremely funny, amazing

Declension

Inflection of hervoton (Kotus type 34*C/onneton, tt-t gradation)
nominative hervoton hervottomat
genitive hervottoman hervottomien
partitive hervotonta hervottomia
illative hervottomaan hervottomiin
singular plural
nominative hervoton hervottomat
accusative nom. hervoton hervottomat
gen. hervottoman
genitive hervottoman hervottomien
hervotonten rare
partitive hervotonta hervottomia
inessive hervottomassa hervottomissa
elative hervottomasta hervottomista
illative hervottomaan hervottomiin
adessive hervottomalla hervottomilla
ablative hervottomalta hervottomilta
allative hervottomalle hervottomille
essive hervottomana hervottomina
translative hervottomaksi hervottomiksi
abessive hervottomatta hervottomitta
instructive hervottomin
comitative hervottomine
Possessive forms of hervoton (Kotus type 34*C/onneton, tt-t gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.

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