leijona
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Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
leijona
- lion, Panthera leo
- (astrology) Leo (someone born with the Leo star sign)
- (in the plural, usually capitalized) A nickname of the Finnish national ice hockey team, see Leijonat.
Declension
| Inflection of leijona (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | leijona | leijonat | |
| genitive | leijonan | leijonien | |
| partitive | leijonaa | leijonia | |
| illative | leijonaan | leijoniin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | leijona | leijonat | |
| accusative | nom. | leijona | leijonat |
| gen. | leijonan | ||
| genitive | leijonan | leijonien leijonain rare | |
| partitive | leijonaa | leijonia | |
| inessive | leijonassa | leijonissa | |
| elative | leijonasta | leijonista | |
| illative | leijonaan | leijoniin | |
| adessive | leijonalla | leijonilla | |
| ablative | leijonalta | leijonilta | |
| allative | leijonalle | leijonille | |
| essive | leijonana | leijonina | |
| translative | leijonaksi | leijoniksi | |
| abessive | leijonatta | leijonitta | |
| instructive | — | leijonin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
- (euphemism) eläinten kuningas
- (dated, biblical) jalopeura
- (childish) jellona
Derived terms
(compounds):
- aasianleijona
- abessinianleijona
- atlasleijona
- kapinleijona
- leijona-apina
- leijonahäkki
- leijonakoira
- leijonalippu
- leijonanharja
- leijonanhäkki
- leijonankeltainen
- leijonankesyttäjä
- leijonankita
- leijonankynsi
- leijonanluola
- leijonanlyhty
- leijonanmetsästys
- leijonanosa
- leijonanpentu
- leijonapaita
- leijonapostimerkki
- leijonaseitikki
- leijonatamariini
- leijonavaakuna
- merileijona
- muotileijona
- muurahaisleijona
- naarasleijona
- rantaleijona
- salonkileijona
- vuorileijona
See also
Further reading
- “leijona”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02