loppusuora

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Finnish

Etymology

loppu (end) +‎ suora (straight)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlopːuˌsuo̯rɑ/,
  • Rhymes: -uorɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): loppu‧suora

Noun

loppusuora

  1. home stretch, home straight (final part of a race course)
    Synonym: maalisuora
  2. (idiomatic) home stretch, home straight, short strokes (final part of a distance or effort needed)
    Luulen, että olemme lopulta tämän hankkeen loppusuoralla.
    I think we're finally on the home stretch with this project.
    Hän tietää, että he ovat loppusuoralla—se on melkein ohi.
    He knows they are in the short strokes—it's almost over.

Declension

Inflection of loppusuora (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative loppusuora loppusuorat
genitive loppusuoran loppusuorien
partitive loppusuoraa loppusuoria
illative loppusuoraan loppusuoriin
singular plural
nominative loppusuora loppusuorat
accusative nom. loppusuora loppusuorat
gen. loppusuoran
genitive loppusuoran loppusuorien
loppusuorain rare
partitive loppusuoraa loppusuoria
inessive loppusuorassa loppusuorissa
elative loppusuorasta loppusuorista
illative loppusuoraan loppusuoriin
adessive loppusuoralla loppusuorilla
ablative loppusuoralta loppusuorilta
allative loppusuoralle loppusuorille
essive loppusuorana loppusuorina
translative loppusuoraksi loppusuoriksi
abessive loppusuoratta loppusuoritta
instructive loppusuorin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of loppusuora (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

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