lössiksi

Finnish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈløsːiksi/, [ˈlø̞s̠ːiks̠i]
Rhymes: -øsːiksi
Syllabification^(key): lös‧sik‧si

Etymology 1

Variant of lossiksi, perhaps contaminated by lössi (“group of people”).

Adverb

lössiksi

lyödä lössiksi, heittää lössiksi: to give up, to stop trying
Heitin diettiini lössiksi ja pian painoin taas yli 90 kiloa.
I gave up my diet and soon I weighed more than 200 pounds again.

Synonyms

läskiksi, lossiksi

Further reading

“lössiksi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Noun

lössiksi

translative singular of lössi

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