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Definition 2024
lipua
lipua
Finnish
Verb
lipua
- To glide, float (to move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly).
- Tanssija lipui ylväästi näyttämön ympäri.
- The dancer floated gracefully around the stage.
- Tanssija lipui ylväästi näyttämön ympäri.
- To float (to move in a particular direction with a liquid on which one is floating).
- Minusta olisi ihanaa vain lipua alavirtaan.
- I'd love to just float downstream.
- Minusta olisi ihanaa vain lipua alavirtaan.
- To float (to drift or wander aimlessly).
- Lapsuuden mielikuvat lipuivat mielessäni.
- Images from my childhood floated through my mind.
- Lapsuuden mielikuvat lipuivat mielessäni.
Conjugation
| Inflection of lipua (Kotus type 52/sanoa, p-v gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | livun | en livu | 1st sing. | olen lipunut | en ole lipunut | |
| 2nd sing. | livut | et livu | 2nd sing. | olet lipunut | et ole lipunut | |
| 3rd sing. | lipuu | ei livu | 3rd sing. | on lipunut | ei ole lipunut | |
| 1st plur. | livumme | emme livu | 1st plur. | olemme lipuneet | emme ole lipuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | livutte | ette livu | 2nd plur. | olette lipuneet | ette ole lipuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | lipuvat | eivät livu | 3rd plur. | ovat lipuneet | eivät ole lipuneet | |
| passive | livutaan | ei livuta | passive | on livuttu | ei ole livuttu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | livuin | en lipunut | 1st sing. | olin lipunut | en ollut lipunut | |
| 2nd sing. | livuit | et lipunut | 2nd sing. | olit lipunut | et ollut lipunut | |
| 3rd sing. | lipui | ei lipunut | 3rd sing. | oli lipunut | ei ollut lipunut | |
| 1st plur. | livuimme | emme lipuneet | 1st plur. | olimme lipuneet | emme olleet lipuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | livuitte | ette lipuneet | 2nd plur. | olitte lipuneet | ette olleet lipuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | lipuivat | eivät lipuneet | 3rd plur. | olivat lipuneet | eivät olleet lipuneet | |
| passive | livuttiin | ei livuttu | passive | oli livuttu | ei ollut livuttu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | lipuisin | en lipuisi | 1st sing. | olisin lipunut | en olisi lipunut | |
| 2nd sing. | lipuisit | et lipuisi | 2nd sing. | olisit lipunut | et olisi lipunut | |
| 3rd sing. | lipuisi | ei lipuisi | 3rd sing. | olisi lipunut | ei olisi lipunut | |
| 1st plur. | lipuisimme | emme lipuisi | 1st plur. | olisimme lipuneet | emme olisi lipuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | lipuisitte | ette lipuisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte lipuneet | ette olisi lipuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | lipuisivat | eivät lipuisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat lipuneet | eivät olisi lipuneet | |
| passive | livuttaisiin | ei livuttaisi | passive | olisi livuttu | ei olisi livuttu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | livu | älä livu | 2nd sing. | ole lipunut | älä ole lipunut | |
| 3rd sing. | lipukoon | älköön lipuko | 3rd sing. | olkoon lipunut | älköön olko lipunut | |
| 1st plur. | lipukaamme | älkäämme lipuko | 1st plur. | olkaamme lipuneet | älkäämme olko lipuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | lipukaa | älkää lipuko | 2nd plur. | olkaa lipuneet | älkää olko lipuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | lipukoot | älkööt lipuko | 3rd plur. | olkoot lipuneet | älkööt olko lipuneet | |
| passive | livuttakoon | älköön livuttako | passive | olkoon livuttu | älköön olko livuttu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | lipunen | en lipune | 1st sing. | lienen lipunut | en liene lipunut | |
| 2nd sing. | lipunet | et lipune | 2nd sing. | lienet lipunut | et liene lipunut | |
| 3rd sing. | lipunee | ei lipune | 3rd sing. | lienee lipunut | ei liene lipunut | |
| 1st plur. | lipunemme | emme lipune | 1st plur. | lienemme lipuneet | emme liene lipuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | lipunette | ette lipune | 2nd plur. | lienette lipuneet | ette liene lipuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | lipunevat | eivät lipune | 3rd plur. | lienevät lipuneet | eivät liene lipuneet | |
| passive | livuttaneen | ei livuttane | passive | lienee livuttu | ei liene livuttu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | lipua | present | lipuva | livuttava | ||
| long 1st2 | lipuakseen | past | lipunut | livuttu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | lipuessa | livuttaessa | agent1, 3 | lipuma | |
| instructive | lipuen | — | negative | lipumaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | lipumassa | — | 1) Usually with a possessive suffix. 2) Used only with a possessive suffix; this is the form for the third-person singular and third-person plural. |
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| elative | lipumasta | — | ||||
| illative | lipumaan | — | ||||
| adessive | lipumalla | — | ||||
| abessive | lipumatta | — | ||||
| instructive | lipuman | livuttaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | lipuminen | ||||
| partitive | lipumista | |||||
| 5th2 | lipumaisillaan | |||||
Synonyms
- (to move softly): liukua