sokkeli
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Swedish sockel (“plinth”), from German Sockel (“plinth”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈsokːeli/, [ˈs̠o̞kːe̞li]
- Rhymes: -okːeli
- Syllabification(key): sok‧ke‧li
- Hyphenation(key): sok‧ke‧li
Noun
[edit]sokkeli
- foundation wall, plinth (a vertical wall as part of a foundation, often located on top of the footing; the bottom course of stones, bricks or concrete supporting a wall)
- plinth (base or pedestal beneath a cabinet)
- socle (low plinth or pedestal used to display a statue or other artwork)
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of sokkeli (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sokkeli | sokkelit | |
| genitive | sokkelin | sokkelien sokkeleiden sokkeleitten | |
| partitive | sokkelia | sokkeleita sokkeleja | |
| illative | sokkeliin | sokkeleihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | sokkeli | sokkelit | |
| accusative | nom. | sokkeli | sokkelit |
| gen. | sokkelin | ||
| genitive | sokkelin | sokkelien sokkeleiden sokkeleitten | |
| partitive | sokkelia | sokkeleita sokkeleja | |
| inessive | sokkelissa | sokkeleissa | |
| elative | sokkelista | sokkeleista | |
| illative | sokkeliin | sokkeleihin | |
| adessive | sokkelilla | sokkeleilla | |
| ablative | sokkelilta | sokkeleilta | |
| allative | sokkelille | sokkeleille | |
| essive | sokkelina | sokkeleina | |
| translative | sokkeliksi | sokkeleiksi | |
| abessive | sokkelitta | sokkeleitta | |
| instructive | — | sokkelein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “sokkeli”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023