lovi

From Proto-Finnic *lovi (compare Ingrian lovi and dialectal Estonian lõvi (“cleft”)).

• IPA^(key): /ˈloʋi/, [ˈlo̞ʋi]
• Rhymes: -oʋi
• Hyphenation^(key): lo‧vi

lovi

1. notch, cleft (V-shaped cut)
2. notch (V-shaped cut used for keeping a record)
3. mortise (hole for a tenon)
4. (figuratively) hole (that which is missing something, especially after it has been taken out)

   lovi budjetissa ― hole in a budget

5. (Finnic mythology) A supernatural place, in some interpretations located between the real world and underworld. Persons, usually shamans, visiting lovi appear to be in a state of trance.

• “lovi”, 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 2023-07-03

• livo, olvi

Clipping and -i diminutive of lóverseny.

• IPA^(key): [ˈlovi]
• Hyphenation: lo‧vi
• Rhymes: -vi

lovi (usually uncountable, plural lovik)

1. (informal) Synonym of lóverseny or lóversenyzés (“horse race(s), horse racing”).

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	lovi	lovik
accusative	lovit	lovikat
dative	lovinak	loviknak
instrumental	lovival	lovikkal
causal-final	loviért	lovikért
translative	lovivá	lovikká
terminative	loviig	lovikig
essive-formal	loviként	lovikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	loviban	lovikban
superessive	lovin	lovikon
adessive	lovinál	loviknál
illative	loviba	lovikba
sublative	lovira	lovikra
allative	lovihoz	lovikhoz
elative	loviból	lovikból
delative	loviról	lovikról
ablative	lovitól	loviktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	lovié	loviké
non-attributive possessive - plural	loviéi	lovikéi

Possessive forms of lovi
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	lovim	lovijaim (or loviim)
2nd person sing.	lovid	lovijaid (or loviid)
3rd person sing.	lovija	lovijai (or lovii)
1st person plural	lovink	lovijaink (or loviink)
2nd person plural	lovitok	lovijaitok (or loviitok)
3rd person plural	lovijuk	lovijaik (or loviik)

From Proto-Finnic *lovi. Cognates include Finnish lovi and dialectal Estonian lõvi.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈloʋi/, [ˈɫo̞ʋi]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈloʋi/, [ˈɫo̞ʋi]
• Rhymes: -oʋi
• Hyphenation: lo‧vi

lovi

1. crack

   seinän lovet ― cracks in a wall

Declension of lovi (type 5/lehti, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	lovi	lovet
genitive	loven	lovviin, loviloin
partitive	lovvia	lovija, loviloja
illative	lovvee	lovvii, loviloihe
inessive	loves	lovis, lovilois
elative	lovest	lovist, loviloist
allative	lovelle	loville, loviloille
adessive	lovel	lovil, loviloil
ablative	lovelt	lovilt, loviloilt
translative	loveks	loviks, loviloiks
essive	lovenna, lovveen	lovinna, loviloinna, lovviin, loviloin
exessive1)	lovent	lovint, loviloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

• rako

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 275

• IPA^(key): /ˈlo.vi/
• Rhymes: -ovi
• Hyphenation: ló‧vi

lovi m pl

1. plural of lovo

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic ловити (loviti) or from a Common or South Slavic source, from Proto-Slavic *loviti. Compare Serbo-Croatian loviti; cf. also Megleno-Romanian luves (“hunt”).

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a lovi (third-person singular present lovește, past participle lovit) 4th conjugation

1. to hit; to strike

• lovire
• lovitură

• bate
• plesni

lovi (Cyrillic spelling лови)

1. third-person singular present of loviti

lovi m

1. plural of lovo