kilpailu

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Finnish

Etymology

kilpailla +‎ -u

Pronunciation

Noun

kilpailu

  1. competition (rivalry between two or more entities over a common goal which cannot be shared)
  2. contest, competition, race (an event in which competition takes place between two or more participants, with only one or some of them prevailing)
  3. rivalry (ongoing relationship between rivals who compete for superiority)

Declension

Inflection of kilpailu (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation)
nominative kilpailu kilpailut
genitive kilpailun kilpailujen
kilpailuiden
kilpailuitten
partitive kilpailua kilpailuja
kilpailuita
illative kilpailuun kilpailuihin
singular plural
nominative kilpailu kilpailut
accusative nom. kilpailu kilpailut
gen. kilpailun
genitive kilpailun kilpailujen
kilpailuiden
kilpailuitten
partitive kilpailua kilpailuja
kilpailuita
inessive kilpailussa kilpailuissa
elative kilpailusta kilpailuista
illative kilpailuun kilpailuihin
adessive kilpailulla kilpailuilla
ablative kilpailulta kilpailuilta
allative kilpailulle kilpailuille
essive kilpailuna kilpailuina
translative kilpailuksi kilpailuiksi
abessive kilpailutta kilpailuitta
instructive kilpailuin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of kilpailu (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation)

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

Anagrams

Karelian

Regional variants of kilpailu
North Karelian
(Viena)
kilpailu
South Karelian
(Tver)

Etymology

From kilpailla (to compete) +‎ -u. Akin to Finnish kilpailu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkilpɑi̯lu/
  • Hyphenation: kil‧pai‧lu

Noun

kilpailu (genitive kilpailun, partitive kilpailuo)

  1. (North Karelian) contest, competition

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of kilpailu (type 1/tyttö, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kilpailu kilpailut
genitive kilpailun kilpailujen
partitive kilpailuo kilpailuja
illative kilpailuh kilpailuloih
inessive kilpailušša kilpailuloissa
elative kilpailušta kilpailuloista
adessive kilpailulla kilpailuloilla
ablative kilpailulta kilpailuloilta
translative kilpailukši kilpailuloiksi
essive kilpailuna kilpailuloina
comitative kilpailuloineh
abessive kilpailutta kilpailuloitta
Possessive forms of kilpailu
1st person kilpailuni
2nd person kilpailuš
3rd person kilpailuh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

  • P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “конкурс”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN