leivos

Finnish
Leivos

Etymology

< leipoa (“to bake”)

Noun

leivos

  1. pastry, baker's confection (various sweet baked goods, usually decorated and soft enough to be eaten with a spoon)

Usage notes
  • Some baked goods called "pastry" in English - especially those that can be conveniently eaten by holding them in hand - are classified as pulla in Finnish:
    viineri / viineripulla ― Danish pastry
    mantelipulla ― almond pastry

Declension
Inflection of leivos (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative leivos leivokset
genitive leivoksen leivosten
leivoksien
partitive leivosta leivoksia
illative leivokseen leivoksiin
singular plural
nominative leivos leivokset
accusative nom. leivos leivokset
gen. leivoksen
genitive leivoksen leivosten
leivoksien
partitive leivosta leivoksia
inessive leivoksessa leivoksissa
elative leivoksesta leivoksista
illative leivokseen leivoksiin
adessive leivoksella leivoksilla
ablative leivokselta leivoksilta
allative leivokselle leivoksille
essive leivoksena leivoksina
translative leivokseksi leivoksiksi
instructive — leivoksin
abessive leivoksetta leivoksitta
comitative — leivoksineen

Compounds
  • jäätelöleivos
  • kermaleivos
  • leivoskahvi
  • leivoskahvila
  • leivoslapio
  • leivosvuoka
  • marenkileivos
  • muroleivos
  • omenaleivos
  • perunaleivos
  • sacherleivos
  • suklaaleivos
  • teeleivos
  • toscaleivos
  • toskaleivos
  • vuokaleivos
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