lieka

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word lieka. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word lieka, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say lieka in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word lieka you have here. The definition of the word lieka will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition oflieka, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lëëka, borrowed from early Proto-Germanic *lēgā (later Proto-Germanic *lēgō). Compare Middle Dutch lage (trap, snare). Doublet of laho and lieko

Pronunciation

Noun

lieka

  1. tether (rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement)
  2. leash (long leash for leading an animal, etc.)

Declension

Inflection of lieka (Kotus type 9*D/kala, k- gradation)
nominative lieka lieat
genitive liean liekojen
partitive liekaa liekoja
illative liekaan liekoihin
singular plural
nominative lieka lieat
accusative nom. lieka lieat
gen. liean
genitive liean liekojen
liekain rare
partitive liekaa liekoja
inessive lieassa lieoissa
elative lieasta lieoista
illative liekaan liekoihin
adessive liealla lieoilla
ablative liealta lieoilta
allative liealle lieoille
essive liekana liekoina
translative lieaksi lieoiksi
abessive lieatta lieoitta
instructive lieoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of lieka (Kotus type 9*D/kala, k- gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative liekani liekani
accusative nom. liekani liekani
gen. liekani
genitive liekani liekojeni
liekaini rare
partitive liekaani liekojani
inessive lieassani lieoissani
elative lieastani lieoistani
illative liekaani liekoihini
adessive lieallani lieoillani
ablative liealtani lieoiltani
allative liealleni lieoilleni
essive liekanani liekoinani
translative lieakseni lieoikseni
abessive lieattani lieoittani
instructive
comitative liekoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative liekasi liekasi
accusative nom. liekasi liekasi
gen. liekasi
genitive liekasi liekojesi
liekaisi rare
partitive liekaasi liekojasi
inessive lieassasi lieoissasi
elative lieastasi lieoistasi
illative liekaasi liekoihisi
adessive lieallasi lieoillasi
ablative liealtasi lieoiltasi
allative lieallesi lieoillesi
essive liekanasi liekoinasi
translative lieaksesi lieoiksesi
abessive lieattasi lieoittasi
instructive
comitative liekoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative liekamme liekamme
accusative nom. liekamme liekamme
gen. liekamme
genitive liekamme liekojemme
liekaimme rare
partitive liekaamme liekojamme
inessive lieassamme lieoissamme
elative lieastamme lieoistamme
illative liekaamme liekoihimme
adessive lieallamme lieoillamme
ablative liealtamme lieoiltamme
allative lieallemme lieoillemme
essive liekanamme liekoinamme
translative lieaksemme lieoiksemme
abessive lieattamme lieoittamme
instructive
comitative liekoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative liekanne liekanne
accusative nom. liekanne liekanne
gen. liekanne
genitive liekanne liekojenne
liekainne rare
partitive liekaanne liekojanne
inessive lieassanne lieoissanne
elative lieastanne lieoistanne
illative liekaanne liekoihinne
adessive lieallanne lieoillanne
ablative liealtanne lieoiltanne
allative lieallenne lieoillenne
essive liekananne liekoinanne
translative lieaksenne lieoiksenne
abessive lieattanne lieoittanne
instructive
comitative liekoinenne

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

Anagrams

Latvian

Adjective

lieka

  1. inflection of lieks:
    1. genitive singular masculine
    2. nominative singular feminine