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-sto
-sto
Finnish
Suffix
-sto (front vowel harmony variant -stö)
- Forms collective nouns from nouns indicating individual things.
- kirjasto – library (from kirja, book)
- laivasto – fleet (from laiva, boat)
- puisto – park (from puu, tree)
Declension
| Inflection of -sto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | -sto | -stot | |
| genitive | -ston | -stojen | |
| partitive | -stoa | -stoja | |
| illative | -stoon | -stoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | -sto | -stot | |
| accusative | nom. | -sto | -stot |
| gen. | -ston | ||
| genitive | -ston | -stojen | |
| partitive | -stoa | -stoja | |
| inessive | -stossa | -stoissa | |
| elative | -stosta | -stoista | |
| illative | -stoon | -stoihin | |
| adessive | -stolla | -stoilla | |
| ablative | -stolta | -stoilta | |
| allative | -stolle | -stoille | |
| essive | -stona | -stoina | |
| translative | -stoksi | -stoiksi | |
| instructive | — | -stoin | |
| abessive | -stotta | -stoitta | |
| comitative | — | -stoineen | |
| Inflection of -sto (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | -sto | -stot | |
| genitive | -ston | -stojen -stoiden -stoitten |
|
| partitive | -stoa | -stoja -stoita |
|
| illative | -stoon | -stoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | -sto | -stot | |
| accusative | nom. | -sto | -stot |
| gen. | -ston | ||
| genitive | -ston | -stojen -stoiden -stoitten |
|
| partitive | -stoa | -stoja -stoita |
|
| inessive | -stossa | -stoissa | |
| elative | -stosta | -stoista | |
| illative | -stoon | -stoihin | |
| adessive | -stolla | -stoilla | |
| ablative | -stolta | -stoilta | |
| allative | -stolle | -stoille | |
| essive | -stona | -stoina | |
| translative | -stoksi | -stoiksi | |
| instructive | — | -stoin | |
| abessive | -stotta | -stoitta | |
| comitative | — | -stoineen | |
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Finnish_words_suffixed_with_-sto'>Finnish words suffixed with -sto</a>