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Definition 2025
laita
laita
Finnish
Noun
laita
- edge, margin, border, verge, brink, side (outer limit of something)
- pöydän laita
- edge of a table
- pöydän laita
- brim (topmost rim or lip of a container)
- outskirt (remote part of a town or city)
- state of affairs, status; often translated into English with "to be doing"
- Kuinka hänen laitansa oikein on?
- How is he actually doing?
- Kuinka hänen laitansa oikein on?
- (ice hockey) board
- (sports) wing
- oikea laita
- right wing
- oikea laita
Declension
| Inflection of laita (Kotus type 9/kala, t-d gradation) | |||
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| nominative | laita | laidat | |
| genitive | laidan | laitojen | |
| partitive | laitaa | laitoja | |
| illative | laitaan | laitoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | laita | laidat | |
| accusative | nom. | laita | laidat |
| gen. | laidan | ||
| genitive | laidan | laitojen laitainrare |
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| partitive | laitaa | laitoja | |
| inessive | laidassa | laidoissa | |
| elative | laidasta | laidoista | |
| illative | laitaan | laitoihin | |
| adessive | laidalla | laidoilla | |
| ablative | laidalta | laidoilta | |
| allative | laidalle | laidoille | |
| essive | laitana | laitoina | |
| translative | laidaksi | laidoiksi | |
| instructive | — | laidoin | |
| abessive | laidatta | laidoitta | |
| comitative | — | laitoineen | |
Synonyms
- (outer limit, brim, outskirt): reuna
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Etymology 2
Verb
laita
- Indicative present connegative form of laittaa.
- Second-person singular imperative present form of laittaa.
- Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of laittaa.