tomppeli

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Finnish

Etymology

From dialectal Swedish tåmbäl, probably akin to standard Swedish tumla (to tumble).

Pronunciation

Noun

tomppeli (informal)

  1. ignoramus (dumb person)
  2. dumbledore (blundering person)

Declension

Inflection of tomppeli (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative tomppeli tomppelit
genitive tomppelin tomppelien
tomppeleiden
tomppeleitten
partitive tomppelia tomppeleita
tomppeleja
illative tomppeliin tomppeleihin
singular plural
nominative tomppeli tomppelit
accusative nom. tomppeli tomppelit
gen. tomppelin
genitive tomppelin tomppelien
tomppeleiden
tomppeleitten
partitive tomppelia tomppeleita
tomppeleja
inessive tomppelissa tomppeleissa
elative tomppelista tomppeleista
illative tomppeliin tomppeleihin
adessive tomppelilla tomppeleilla
ablative tomppelilta tomppeleilta
allative tomppelille tomppeleille
essive tomppelina tomppeleina
translative tomppeliksi tomppeleiksi
abessive tomppelitta tomppeleitta
instructive tomppelein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of tomppeli (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

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