Adjective: lavea
Declension: 15/korkea
Comparison
| Positive | lavea |
| Comparative | laveampi |
| Superlative | lavein |
Positive
Singular
| Nominative | lavea |
| Accusative | lavea; lavean |
| Genetive | lavean |
| Partitive | laveaa; laveata |
| Inessive | laveassa |
| Elative | laveasta |
| Illative | laveaan |
| Adessive | lavealla |
| Ablative | lavealta |
| Allative | lavealle |
| Essive | laveana |
| Translative | laveaksi |
| Abessive | laveatta |
Plural
| Nominative | laveat |
| Accusative | laveat |
| Genetive | laveiden; laveitten |
| Partitive | laveita |
| Inessive | laveissa |
| Elative | laveista |
| Illative | laveisiin; laveihin |
| Adessive | laveilla |
| Ablative | laveilta |
| Allative | laveille |
| Essive | laveina |
| Translative | laveiksi |
| Abessive | laveitta |
| Instructive | lavein |
| Comitative | laveine |
Comparative
Singular
| Nominative | laveampi |
| Accusative | laveampi; laveamman |
| Genetive | laveamman |
| Partitive | laveampaa |
| Inessive | laveammassa |
| Elative | laveammasta |
| Illative | laveampaan |
| Adessive | laveammalla |
| Ablative | laveammalta |
| Allative | laveammalle |
| Essive | laveampana |
| Translative | laveammaksi |
| Abessive | laveammatta |
Plural
| Nominative | laveammat |
| Accusative | laveammat |
| Genetive | laveampien |
| Partitive | laveampia |
| Inessive | laveammissa |
| Elative | laveammista |
| Illative | laveampiin |
| Adessive | laveammilla |
| Ablative | laveammilta |
| Allative | laveammille |
| Essive | laveampina |
| Translative | laveammiksi |
| Abessive | laveammitta |
| Instructive | laveammin |
| Comitative | laveampine |
Superlative
Singular
| Nominative | lavein |
| Accusative | lavein; laveimman |
| Genetive | laveimman |
| Partitive | laveimpaa |
| Inessive | laveimmassa |
| Elative | laveimmasta |
| Illative | laveimpaan |
| Adessive | laveimmalla |
| Ablative | laveimmalta |
| Allative | laveimmalle |
| Essive | laveimpana |
| Translative | laveimmaksi |
| Abessive | laveimmatta |
Plural
| Nominative | laveimmat |
| Accusative | laveimmat |
| Genetive | laveimpien; laveinten |
| Partitive | laveimpia |
| Inessive | laveimmissa |
| Elative | laveimmista |
| Illative | laveimpiin |
| Adessive | laveimmilla |
| Ablative | laveimmilta |
| Allative | laveimmille |
| Essive | laveimpina |
| Translative | laveimmiksi |
| Abessive | laveimmitta |
| Instructive | laveimmin |
| Comitative | laveimpine |
Sample Sentences
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lavea tie (the broad way (the way of sin, the road to destruction; from Matthew 7:13))
Adjectives inflected like lavea
soikea,
suklaanruskea,
punaruskea,
platinanvaalea,
vieraskorea,
nuortea,
vastapuikea,
kastanjanruskea,
lauhkea,
ankea,
aukea,
lakea,
lavea,
makea,
murea,
muhea,
nopea,
nurea,
oikea,
urhea, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
A southwestern dialectal form lavia adopted into the standard language as if it were originally an adjective ending in -eä (although it is not), from Proto-Finnic *lakja (whence also laaja), adopted through literary language.
Translations