litania

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See also: litanią

Finnish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λιτανεία (litaneía).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlitɑniɑ/,
  • Rhymes: -iɑ
  • Syllabification(key): li‧ta‧ni‧a
  • Hyphenation(key): li‧ta‧nia

Noun

litania

  1. litany

Declension

Inflection of litania (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative litania litaniat
genitive litanian litanioiden
litanioitten
partitive litaniaa litanioita
illative litaniaan litanioihin
singular plural
nominative litania litaniat
accusative nom. litania litaniat
gen. litanian
genitive litanian litanioiden
litanioitten
litaniain rare
partitive litaniaa litanioita
inessive litaniassa litanioissa
elative litaniasta litanioista
illative litaniaan litanioihin
adessive litanialla litanioilla
ablative litanialta litanioilta
allative litanialle litanioille
essive litaniana litanioina
translative litaniaksi litanioiksi
abessive litaniatta litanioitta
instructive litanioin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of litania (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative litaniani litaniani
accusative nom. litaniani litaniani
gen. litaniani
genitive litaniani litanioideni
litanioitteni
litaniaini rare
partitive litaniaani litanioitani
inessive litaniassani litanioissani
elative litaniastani litanioistani
illative litaniaani litanioihini
adessive litaniallani litanioillani
ablative litanialtani litanioiltani
allative litanialleni litanioilleni
essive litanianani litanioinani
translative litaniakseni litanioikseni
abessive litaniattani litanioittani
instructive
comitative litanioineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative litaniasi litaniasi
accusative nom. litaniasi litaniasi
gen. litaniasi
genitive litaniasi litanioidesi
litanioittesi
litaniaisi rare
partitive litaniaasi litanioitasi
inessive litaniassasi litanioissasi
elative litaniastasi litanioistasi
illative litaniaasi litanioihisi
adessive litaniallasi litanioillasi
ablative litanialtasi litanioiltasi
allative litaniallesi litanioillesi
essive litanianasi litanioinasi
translative litaniaksesi litanioiksesi
abessive litaniattasi litanioittasi
instructive
comitative litanioinesi

Further reading

Anagrams

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λιτανεία (litaneía, prayer), from λιτή (litḗ, prayer, entreaty).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /li.taˈni.a/
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: li‧ta‧nì‧a

Noun

litania f (plural litanie)

  1. litany
  2. string (of names etc.)

Anagrams

Polish

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin litania, from Ancient Greek λιτανεία (litaneía, prayer), from λιτή (litḗ, prayer, entreaty).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liˈtaɲ.ja/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɲja
  • Syllabification: li‧tan‧ia

Noun

litania f

  1. litany (ritual liturgical prayer in which a series of prayers recited by a leader are alternated with responses from the congregation)
  2. (figuratively) litany (prolonged or tedious list)

Declension

Further reading

  • litania in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • litania in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: li‧ta‧ni‧a

Noun

litania f (plural litanias)

  1. (religion) litany (prayers recited by a leader alternated with responses from the congregation)
    Synonym: ladainha

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin litania, letania, from Ancient Greek λιτανεία (litaneía).

Noun

litania c

  1. litany

Declension

Declension of litania
nominative genitive
singular indefinite litania litanias
definite litanian litanians
plural indefinite litanior litaniors
definite litaniorna litaniornas

Further reading