lõo

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lëivo, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *laiwaz (whence *laiwarikǭ, from which English lark). Cognate to Finnish leivo.

Noun

lõo (genitive lõo, partitive lõod)

  1. (rare, poetic) lark
    Synonyms: kiur, lõoke, lõokene

Declension

Declension of lõo (ÕS type 26/koi, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative lõo lõod
accusative nom.
gen. lõo
genitive lõode
partitive lõod lõosid
illative lõosse lõodesse
inessive lõos lõodes
elative lõost lõodest
allative lõole lõodele
adessive lõol lõodel
ablative lõolt lõodelt
translative lõoks lõodeks
terminative lõoni lõodeni
essive lõona lõodena
abessive lõota lõodeta
comitative lõoga lõodega

Derived terms

Further reading

  • lõo in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • “lõo”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
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