lempo
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See also: Lempo
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
< Lempo; name of a pagan deity used as a term for the devil as a result of introduction of Christianity
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lempo
- (archaic) devil
- Tällä ilmalla ei lempokaan lähde merelle.
- Not even the devil himself would go out to the sea in this weather.
- damn, hell (mild depletive)
- Lempo soikoon!
- Damn it!
- Mihin lempoon laitoin puhelimeni?
- Where in the hell did I put my phone?
Declension[edit]
Inflection of lempo (Kotus type 1*H/valo, mp-mm gradation) | ||||
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nominative | lempo | lemmot | ||
genitive | lemmon | lempojen | ||
partitive | lempoa | lempoja | ||
illative | lempoon | lempoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | lempo | lemmot | ||
accusative | nom. | lempo | lemmot | |
gen. | lemmon | |||
genitive | lemmon | lempojen | ||
partitive | lempoa | lempoja | ||
inessive | lemmossa | lemmoissa | ||
elative | lemmosta | lemmoista | ||
illative | lempoon | lempoihin | ||
adessive | lemmolla | lemmoilla | ||
ablative | lemmolta | lemmoilta | ||
allative | lemmolle | lemmoille | ||
essive | lempona | lempoina | ||
translative | lemmoksi | lemmoiksi | ||
abessive | lemmotta | lemmoitta | ||
instructive | — | lemmoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
Further reading[edit]
- “lempo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02