odotussali
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Finnish
Etymology
From odotus (“wait, waiting”) + sali (“hall”). For the contrast with odotushuone, compare Swedish väntsal, väntrum.
Pronunciation
Noun
odotussali
- waiting hall, waiting room (particularly at the train station)
- Hypernym: odotustila (any waiting room)
- Coordinate term: odotushuone (particularly at the doctor's office)
Declension
| Inflection of odotussali (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | odotussali | odotussalit | |
| genitive | odotussalin | odotussalien | |
| partitive | odotussalia | odotussaleja | |
| illative | odotussaliin | odotussaleihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | odotussali | odotussalit | |
| accusative | nom. | odotussali | odotussalit |
| gen. | odotussalin | ||
| genitive | odotussalin | odotussalien | |
| partitive | odotussalia | odotussaleja | |
| inessive | odotussalissa | odotussaleissa | |
| elative | odotussalista | odotussaleista | |
| illative | odotussaliin | odotussaleihin | |
| adessive | odotussalilla | odotussaleilla | |
| ablative | odotussalilta | odotussaleilta | |
| allative | odotussalille | odotussaleille | |
| essive | odotussalina | odotussaleina | |
| translative | odotussaliksi | odotussaleiksi | |
| abessive | odotussalitta | odotussaleitta | |
| instructive | — | odotussalein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
- “odotussali”, 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