erotus
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]erottaa (“to separate, differentiate”) + -us
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]erotus
- (arithmetic) difference, remainder (result of a subtraction)
- erotusosamäärä ― difference quotient
- (set theory) difference, relative complement
- Synonym: joukkoerotus
- separation
- roundup; muster (NZ, Austr.) (activity in which production animals are herded together in order to be inspected, counted, branded, culled or shipped)
- karjanerotus ― cattle roundup
Declension
[edit]Inflection of erotus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | erotus | erotukset | ||
genitive | erotuksen | erotusten erotuksien | ||
partitive | erotusta | erotuksia | ||
illative | erotukseen | erotuksiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | erotus | erotukset | ||
accusative | nom. | erotus | erotukset | |
gen. | erotuksen | |||
genitive | erotuksen | erotusten erotuksien | ||
partitive | erotusta | erotuksia | ||
inessive | erotuksessa | erotuksissa | ||
elative | erotuksesta | erotuksista | ||
illative | erotukseen | erotuksiin | ||
adessive | erotuksella | erotuksilla | ||
ablative | erotukselta | erotuksilta | ||
allative | erotukselle | erotuksille | ||
essive | erotuksena | erotuksina | ||
translative | erotukseksi | erotuksiksi | ||
abessive | erotuksetta | erotuksitta | ||
instructive | — | erotuksin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “erotus”, 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 2023-07-02