leikari

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Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish lekare.

Pronunciation

Noun

leikari

  1. swivel

Declension

Inflection of leikari (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative leikari leikarit
genitive leikarin leikarien
leikareiden
leikareitten
partitive leikaria leikareita
leikareja
illative leikariin leikareihin
singular plural
nominative leikari leikarit
accusative nom. leikari leikarit
gen. leikarin
genitive leikarin leikarien
leikareiden
leikareitten
partitive leikaria leikareita
leikareja
inessive leikarissa leikareissa
elative leikarista leikareista
illative leikariin leikareihin
adessive leikarilla leikareilla
ablative leikarilta leikareilta
allative leikarille leikareille
essive leikarina leikareina
translative leikariksi leikareiksi
abessive leikaritta leikareitta
instructive leikarein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of leikari (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative leikarini leikarini
accusative nom. leikarini leikarini
gen. leikarini
genitive leikarini leikarieni
leikareideni
leikareitteni
partitive leikariani leikareitani
leikarejani
inessive leikarissani leikareissani
elative leikaristani leikareistani
illative leikariini leikareihini
adessive leikarillani leikareillani
ablative leikariltani leikareiltani
allative leikarilleni leikareilleni
essive leikarinani leikareinani
translative leikarikseni leikareikseni
abessive leikarittani leikareittani
instructive
comitative leikareineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative leikarisi leikarisi
accusative nom. leikarisi leikarisi
gen. leikarisi
genitive leikarisi leikariesi
leikareidesi
leikareittesi
partitive leikariasi leikareitasi
leikarejasi
inessive leikarissasi leikareissasi
elative leikaristasi leikareistasi
illative leikariisi leikareihisi
adessive leikarillasi leikareillasi
ablative leikariltasi leikareiltasi
allative leikarillesi leikareillesi
essive leikarinasi leikareinasi
translative leikariksesi leikareiksesi
abessive leikarittasi leikareittasi
instructive
comitative leikareinesi

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Further reading

Anagrams

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse leikari. By surface analysis, leika (to act) +‎ ari (suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs).

Pronunciation

Noun

leikari m (genitive singular leikara, nominative plural leikarar)

  1. actor, actress
    Synonym: leikandi
  2. player

Declension

Derived terms

See also

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From leika (to play) +‎ -ari.

Noun

leikari m (genitive leikara)

  1. player, jester
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Icelandic: leikari
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: leikar
  • Danish: leger(e)
  • Old Swedish: lekare

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “leikari”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Etymology 2

Adjective

leikari

  1. comparative degree of leikr
Declension