Noun type: 1
Characteristics
Singular
| Nominative | leivo |
| Partitive | leivoa |
| Genetive | leivon |
| Accusative | leivon |
| Inessive | leivossa |
| Elative | leivosta |
| Illative | leivoon |
| Adessive | leivolla |
| Ablative | leivolta |
| Allative | leivolle |
| Essive | leivona |
| Translative | leivoksi |
| Abessive | leivotta |
Plural
| Nominative | leivot |
| Partitive | leivoja |
| Genetive | leivojen |
| Accusative | leivot |
| Inessive | leivoissa |
| Elative | leivoista |
| Illative | leivoihin |
| Adessive | leivoilla |
| Ablative | leivoilta |
| Allative | leivoille |
| Essive | leivoina |
| Translative | leivoiksi |
| Abessive | leivoitta |
| Instructive | leivoin |
| Comitative | leivoine |
Sample Sentences
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Miks leivo lennät Suomehen
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Sä varhain kevähällä,
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Et viihdy, lintu riemuinen,
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Sä maalla lämpimällä? (Why do you, lark, fly to Finland
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so early in the spring,
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do you not, you joyful bird,
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prefer a warm ground?) [1899, Aleksanteri Rahkonen, “Leivo”, in Kustavi Grotenfelt, editor, Väinölä: Helmivyö suomalaista runoutta, Porvoo: Werner Söderström:]
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *lëivo, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *laiwaz (whence *laiwazikǭ). Related to Estonian lõo.
Verbs referencing "leivo"
English Nouns
lark.
Nouns inflected like leivo
aalto,
aamu,
aasinpotku,
aatelisto,
aatto,
abo,
adagio,
afro,
ahdinko,
ahjo,
aho,
aino,
ainu,
airo,
aironveto,
aito,
aivo,
aivot,
ajatuskatko,
ajo, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)