loitto

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loitto (comparative loitompi, no superlative)

1. (archaic) distant (located far away)
   • 1915, Valter juva (tr.), “Jumalien tanhu (title of a poem)”, in Valikoima runoja (A collection of poems), translation of Gudarne dansa (Dance of the gods) by Gustaf Fröding:

     Noin jumalat ylhät, riemuin ja soitoin; ne arvoisin elein ja katsehin loitoin; kävi juhlaan, …

     Thus the noble gods with joy and music; with dignified gestures and distant gazes; began the party, …

Currently only adessive, ablative and allative cases are used as adverbs; other cases are obsolete, including nominative.

• Unlike positive, the comparative forms are used even in contemporary Finnish as adjectives.
• Some comparative forms are used also as adverbs: loitommaksi, loitommalla, loitommalle, loitommalta, loitommas, loitompaa, loitompana.
• The word loitto is used as modifier in some compound terms in the field of photography.

• etäinen
• kaukainen

• loittoputki
• loittorengas
• loittosarja

loitto

1. (letterpress typography) base (large spacer)

• sokeisto