loppukiri

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Finnish

Etymology

loppu- (final) +‎ kiri (spurt)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlopːuˌkiri/,
  • Rhymes: -iri
  • Syllabification(key): lop‧pu‧ki‧ri

Noun

loppukiri

  1. final spurt (increased effort towards the end of an action)
  2. kick (an increase in speed in the final part of a running race)
    Hän aloitti loppukirinsä liian aikaisin ja väsähti sata metriä ennen maaliviivaa.
    He started his final spurt too early and ran out of steam one hundred meters before the finish line.

Declension

Inflection of loppukiri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative loppukiri loppukirit
genitive loppukirin loppukirien
partitive loppukiriä loppukirejä
illative loppukiriin loppukireihin
singular plural
nominative loppukiri loppukirit
accusative nom. loppukiri loppukirit
gen. loppukirin
genitive loppukirin loppukirien
partitive loppukiriä loppukirejä
inessive loppukirissä loppukireissä
elative loppukiristä loppukireistä
illative loppukiriin loppukireihin
adessive loppukirillä loppukireillä
ablative loppukiriltä loppukireiltä
allative loppukirille loppukireille
essive loppukirinä loppukireinä
translative loppukiriksi loppukireiksi
abessive loppukirittä loppukireittä
instructive loppukirein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of loppukiri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

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