leili

See also: Leili

Finnish

The coat-of-arms of the former Finnish municipality Karjala, depicting a wooden leili.

Etymology

From Old Swedish läghil, from Latin, from Ancient Greek. Compare Swedish lägel.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: lei‧li
  • Rhymes: -eili
  • IPA(key): [ˈleili]

Noun

leili

  1. flagon (vessel of about 2 to 3 liters, used for drink, in Finland made primarily of wood, elsewhere also of leather, metal, glass or ceramic)

Declension

Inflection of leili (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative leili leilit
genitive leilin leilien
partitive leiliä leilejä
illative leiliin leileihin
singular plural
nominative leili leilit
accusative nom. leili leilit
gen. leilin
genitive leilin leilien
partitive leiliä leilejä
inessive leilissä leileissä
elative leilistä leileistä
illative leiliin leileihin
adessive leilillä leileillä
ablative leililtä leileiltä
allative leilille leileille
essive leilinä leileinä
translative leiliksi leileiksi
instructive leilein
abessive leilittä leileittä
comitative leileineen

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