Finnish

(index le)

Verb

leikata

1. to cut (to perform an incision on; to divide with a sharp instrument; to separate from prior association; to remove and place in memory for later use; to reduce, especially intentionally; to form or shape by cutting; to intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so)
2. to incise (to cut in or into with a sharp instrument)
3. to mow (to cut something down, especially grass or crops)
4. to trim (to reduce slightly, especially, to remove excess)
5. (medicine) to operate
6. (film) to edit
7. to fix (to render an animal infertile)
8. to knife (to use a knife to cut)
9. to knife (to cut through as if with a knife)
10. (colloquial) adessive + 3rd-pers. sg: to get it

    Minulla ei leikkaa. = I don't get it.

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (to trim):: trimmata
• (to fix):: kuohia, kuohita
• (to operate):: operoida
• (to understand):: käsittää, tajuta

Derived terms

Anagrams

• keilata

Veps

Etymology

Related to Finnish leikata.

Verb

leikata

1. to cut
2. to slice
3. to cut off
4. to trim, to cut shorter
5. to shave
6. to operate, to perform surgery

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• ümbrileikata

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “вырезать, нарезать, оперировать, остричь, отрезать, разрезать, резать, срезать, стричь”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika