diftongi

Finnish

Etymology

In Finnish texts in this form at least from 1887 (August Ahlqvist, Suomen kielen rakennus - "Of the structure of the Finnish language") < Swedish diftong (1696) < Latin diphthongus < Ancient Greek δίφθογγος (díphthongos, “two sounds”)

Noun

diftongi

  1. (phonetics) diphthong

Declension

Inflection of diftongi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative diftongi diftongit
genitive diftongin diftongien
partitive diftongia diftongeja
illative diftongiin diftongeihin
singular plural
nominative diftongi diftongit
accusative nom. diftongi diftongit
gen. diftongin
genitive diftongin diftongien
partitive diftongia diftongeja
inessive diftongissa diftongeissa
elative diftongista diftongeista
illative diftongiin diftongeihin
adessive diftongilla diftongeilla
ablative diftongilta diftongeilta
allative diftongille diftongeille
essive diftongina diftongeina
translative diftongiksi diftongeiksi
instructive — diftongein
abessive diftongitta diftongeitta
comitative — diftongeineen

Synonyms

Ido

Noun

diftongi

  1. plural of diftongo

Latvian

Noun

diftongi m

  1. nominative plural form of diftongs
  2. vocative plural form of diftongs
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