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Definition 2024
loistaa
loistaa
Finnish
(index lo)
Verb
loistaa
- (intransitive) To shine, glow, glare, sparkle (to emit light).
- (intransitive) To excel, shine (to distinguish oneself).
Conjugation
| Inflection of loistaa (Kotus type 53/muistaa, no gradation) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | loistan | en loista | 1st sing. | olen loistanut | en ole loistanut | |
| 2nd sing. | loistat | et loista | 2nd sing. | olet loistanut | et ole loistanut | |
| 3rd sing. | loistaa | ei loista | 3rd sing. | on loistanut | ei ole loistanut | |
| 1st plur. | loistamme | emme loista | 1st plur. | olemme loistaneet | emme ole loistaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | loistatte | ette loista | 2nd plur. | olette loistaneet | ette ole loistaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | loistavat | eivät loista | 3rd plur. | ovat loistaneet | eivät ole loistaneet | |
| passive | loistetaan | ei loisteta | passive | on loistettu | ei ole loistettu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | loistin | en loistanut | 1st sing. | olin loistanut | en ollut loistanut | |
| 2nd sing. | loistit | et loistanut | 2nd sing. | olit loistanut | et ollut loistanut | |
| 3rd sing. | loisti | ei loistanut | 3rd sing. | oli loistanut | ei ollut loistanut | |
| 1st plur. | loistimme | emme loistaneet | 1st plur. | olimme loistaneet | emme olleet loistaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | loistitte | ette loistaneet | 2nd plur. | olitte loistaneet | ette olleet loistaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | loistivat | eivät loistaneet | 3rd plur. | olivat loistaneet | eivät olleet loistaneet | |
| passive | loistettiin | ei loistettu | passive | oli loistettu | ei ollut loistettu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | loistaisin | en loistaisi | 1st sing. | olisin loistanut | en olisi loistanut | |
| 2nd sing. | loistaisit | et loistaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit loistanut | et olisi loistanut | |
| 3rd sing. | loistaisi | ei loistaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi loistanut | ei olisi loistanut | |
| 1st plur. | loistaisimme | emme loistaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme loistaneet | emme olisi loistaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | loistaisitte | ette loistaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte loistaneet | ette olisi loistaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | loistaisivat | eivät loistaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat loistaneet | eivät olisi loistaneet | |
| passive | loistettaisiin | ei loistettaisi | passive | olisi loistettu | ei olisi loistettu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | loista | älä loista | 2nd sing. | ole loistanut | älä ole loistanut | |
| 3rd sing. | loistakoon | älköön loistako | 3rd sing. | olkoon loistanut | älköön olko loistanut | |
| 1st plur. | loistakaamme | älkäämme loistako | 1st plur. | olkaamme loistaneet | älkäämme olko loistaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | loistakaa | älkää loistako | 2nd plur. | olkaa loistaneet | älkää olko loistaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | loistakoot | älkööt loistako | 3rd plur. | olkoot loistaneet | älkööt olko loistaneet | |
| passive | loistettakoon | älköön loistettako | passive | olkoon loistettu | älköön olko loistettu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | loistanen | en loistane | 1st sing. | lienen loistanut | en liene loistanut | |
| 2nd sing. | loistanet | et loistane | 2nd sing. | lienet loistanut | et liene loistanut | |
| 3rd sing. | loistanee | ei loistane | 3rd sing. | lienee loistanut | ei liene loistanut | |
| 1st plur. | loistanemme | emme loistane | 1st plur. | lienemme loistaneet | emme liene loistaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | loistanette | ette loistane | 2nd plur. | lienette loistaneet | ette liene loistaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | loistanevat | eivät loistane | 3rd plur. | lienevät loistaneet | eivät liene loistaneet | |
| passive | loistettaneen | ei loistettane | passive | lienee loistettu | ei liene loistettu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | loistaa | present | loistava | loistettava | ||
| long 1st2 | loistaakseen | past | loistanut | loistettu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | loistaessa | loistettaessa | agent1, 3 | loistama | |
| instructive | loistaen | — | negative | loistamaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | loistamassa | — | 1) Usually with a possessive suffix. 2) Used only with a possessive suffix; this is the form for the third-person singular and third-person plural. |
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| elative | loistamasta | — | ||||
| illative | loistamaan | — | ||||
| adessive | loistamalla | — | ||||
| abessive | loistamatta | — | ||||
| instructive | loistaman | loistettaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | loistaminen | ||||
| partitive | loistamista | |||||
| 5th2 | loistamaisillaan | |||||
Derived terms
- loistaa poissaolollaan = to be conspicuous by one's absence, be conspicuously absent (calque from Latin)
- adjectives: loistava
- nouns: loiste, loisto