heitto

Finnish

Etymology

heittää (to throw) + -o

Noun

heitto

  1. throw, cast, shy (act of throwing)
  2. toss (throw with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care)
  3. caprice (impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion)
  4. retort, riposte (quick response)
  5. (colloquial) imprecision, inaccuracy
    Tässä mittarissa on aika paljon heittoa.
    This meter is quite a bit off.

Declension

Inflection of heitto (Kotus type 1/valo, tt-t gradation)
nominative heitto heitot
genitive heiton heittojen
partitive heittoa heittoja
illative heittoon heittoihin
singular plural
nominative heitto heitot
accusative nom. heitto heitot
gen. heiton
genitive heiton heittojen
partitive heittoa heittoja
inessive heitossa heitoissa
elative heitosta heitoista
illative heittoon heittoihin
adessive heitolla heitoilla
ablative heitolta heitoilta
allative heitolle heitoille
essive heittona heittoina
translative heitoksi heitoiksi
instructive heitoin
abessive heitotta heitoitta
comitative heittoineen

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