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katos
katos
Finnish
Noun
katos
- shed that has at least one wall missing
- shelter (roofed structure that provides cover for weather)
- canopy (high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed)
- pentice, canopy (extension of a building's roof)
Declension
| Inflection of katos (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | katos | katokset | |
| genitive | katoksen | katosten katoksien |
|
| partitive | katosta | katoksia | |
| illative | katokseen | katoksiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | katos | katokset | |
| accusative | nom. | katos | katokset |
| gen. | katoksen | ||
| genitive | katoksen | katosten katoksien |
|
| partitive | katosta | katoksia | |
| inessive | katoksessa | katoksissa | |
| elative | katoksesta | katoksista | |
| illative | katokseen | katoksiin | |
| adessive | katoksella | katoksilla | |
| ablative | katokselta | katoksilta | |
| allative | katokselle | katoksille | |
| essive | katoksena | katoksina | |
| translative | katokseksi | katoksiksi | |
| instructive | — | katoksin | |
| abessive | katoksetta | katoksitta | |
| comitative | — | katoksineen | |
Usage notes
An enclosed shed is called vaja or liiteri.
Related terms
- katto (roof)
Coordinate terms
Etymology 2
Ultimately from katsoa (“to look”), via the second person singular imperative present katso (“look!”), with the medial "s" dropped and a final, clitic -s added.
Verb
katos
- (dialectal) Second-person singular imperative present form of katsoa.
