leski

Finnish

(index le)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *leski, further origin unknown. A cognate of Estonian lesk.

Noun

leski

  1. widow (female), widower (male)

Declension

Inflection of leski (Kotus type 7/ovi, no gradation)
nominative leski lesket
genitive lesken leskien
partitive leskeä leskiä
illative leskeen leskiin
singular plural
nominative leski lesket
accusative nom. leski lesket
gen. lesken
genitive lesken leskien
partitive leskeä leskiä
inessive leskessä leskissä
elative leskestä leskistä
illative leskeen leskiin
adessive leskellä leskillä
ablative leskeltä leskiltä
allative leskelle leskille
essive leskenä leskinä
translative leskeksi leskiksi
instructive leskin
abessive leskettä leskittä
comitative leskineen

Derived terms

Compounds

References

  • Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004-2005). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Juva: WSOY. →ISBN.

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *leski, further origin unknown. A cognate of Estonian lesk.

Noun

leski (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

  1. widow, widower
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