lyttyyn

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Finnish

Etymology

Illative of lytty- (see lytyssä)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlytːyːn/,
Rhymes: -ytːyːn
Syllabification^(key): lyt‧tyyn

Adverb

lyttyyn

flattened, squeezed between something or collapsed, but still in one piece.
Hänen silinterinsä meni lyttyyn, kun hänen seuralaisensa istui vahingossa sen päälle.
His top hat was flattened, when his companion accidentally sat on it.

Usage notes

This word looks as if it was illative of the word lytty, but such word does not exist.
The term lyttyyn focuses on the transformation when something is flattened, whereas lytyssä refers to the state of having been flattened.

Inflection

→○	illative	lyttyyn
○	inessive	lytyssä
○→	elative	–

Synonyms

Further reading

“lyttyyn”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

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