sordiino

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Etymology

< Italian sordino (mute)

Pronunciation

Noun

sordiino

  1. (music) mute, sordine (device for dulling the sound of an instrument)
  2. (figuratively, idiomatic) inability or unwillingness to speak, keeping a low profile (usually in the phrase sordiino päällä)
    Pääministerillä on sordiino päällä pakolaiskysymyksessä.
    The prime minister is keeping a low profile on the refugee issue.

Declension

Inflection of sordiino (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative sordiino sordiinot
genitive sordiinon sordiinojen
partitive sordiinoa sordiinoja
illative sordiinoon sordiinoihin
singular plural
nominative sordiino sordiinot
accusative nom. sordiino sordiinot
gen. sordiinon
genitive sordiinon sordiinojen
partitive sordiinoa sordiinoja
inessive sordiinossa sordiinoissa
elative sordiinosta sordiinoista
illative sordiinoon sordiinoihin
adessive sordiinolla sordiinoilla
ablative sordiinolta sordiinoilta
allative sordiinolle sordiinoille
essive sordiinona sordiinoina
translative sordiinoksi sordiinoiksi
abessive sordiinotta sordiinoitta
instructive sordiinoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of sordiino (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative sordiinoni sordiinoni
accusative nom. sordiinoni sordiinoni
gen. sordiinoni
genitive sordiinoni sordiinojeni
partitive sordiinoani sordiinojani
inessive sordiinossani sordiinoissani
elative sordiinostani sordiinoistani
illative sordiinooni sordiinoihini
adessive sordiinollani sordiinoillani
ablative sordiinoltani sordiinoiltani
allative sordiinolleni sordiinoilleni
essive sordiinonani sordiinoinani
translative sordiinokseni sordiinoikseni
abessive sordiinottani sordiinoittani
instructive
comitative sordiinoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative sordiinosi sordiinosi
accusative nom. sordiinosi sordiinosi
gen. sordiinosi
genitive sordiinosi sordiinojesi
partitive sordiinoasi sordiinojasi
inessive sordiinossasi sordiinoissasi
elative sordiinostasi sordiinoistasi
illative sordiinoosi sordiinoihisi
adessive sordiinollasi sordiinoillasi
ablative sordiinoltasi sordiinoiltasi
allative sordiinollesi sordiinoillesi
essive sordiinonasi sordiinoinasi
translative sordiinoksesi sordiinoiksesi
abessive sordiinottasi sordiinoittasi
instructive
comitative sordiinoinesi

References

Mute (music) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading