Borrowed from Swedish lycka (“luck”).
lykky (dialectal)
Beside certain dialects, used in idiomatic expressions, some of which are listed below under "Derived terms".
| Inflection of lykky (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | lykky | lykyt | |
| genitive | lykyn | lykkyjen | |
| partitive | lykkyä | lykkyjä | |
| illative | lykkyyn | lykkyihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | lykky | lykyt | |
| accusative | nom. | lykky | lykyt |
| gen. | lykyn | ||
| genitive | lykyn | lykkyjen | |
| partitive | lykkyä | lykkyjä | |
| inessive | lykyssä | lykyissä | |
| elative | lykystä | lykyistä | |
| illative | lykkyyn | lykkyihin | |
| adessive | lykyllä | lykyillä | |
| ablative | lykyltä | lykyiltä | |
| allative | lykylle | lykyille | |
| essive | lykkynä | lykkyinä | |
| translative | lykyksi | lykyiksi | |
| abessive | lykyttä | lykyittä | |
| instructive | — | lykyin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Ultimately from Middle Low German lucke. Cognates include dialectal Finnish lykky and dialectal Estonian lükk.
lykky
| Declension of lykky (type 4/koivu, kk-k gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | lykky | lykyt |
| genitive | lykyn | lykkyin, lykkylöin |
| partitive | lykkyä | lykkyjä, lykkylöjä |
| illative | lykkyy | lykkyi, lykkylöihe |
| inessive | lykys | lykyis, lykkylöis |
| elative | lykyst | lykyist, lykkylöist |
| allative | lykylle | lykyille, lykkylöille |
| adessive | lykyl | lykyil, lykkylöil |
| ablative | lykylt | lykyilt, lykkylöilt |
| translative | lykyks | lykyiks, lykkylöiks |
| essive | lykkynnä, lykkyyn | lykkyinnä, lykkylöinnä, lykkyin, lykkylöin |
| exessive1) | lykkynt | lykkyint, lykkylöint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||