loistaa poissaolollaan

Finnish

Etymology

Calque of French briller par son absence

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈloi̯stɑːˣ ˈpoi̯sːɑˌololːɑːn/, [ˈlo̞i̯s̠tɑ̝ːp̚ ˈpo̞i̯s̠ːɑ̝ˌo̞lo̞lːɑ̝ːn]

Verb

loistaa poissaolollaan

  1. (intransitive, idiomatic) to be conspicuous by one's absence, be conspicuously absent.

Conjugation

  • See loistaa.
  • In addition, poissaolollaan receives a possessive suffix (albeit the third-person form is by far the most common):
Personal/possessive forms for word in phrase
possessor singular plural
1st person poissaolollani poissaolollamme
2nd person poissaolollasi poissaolollanne
3rd person poissaolollaan
poissaolollansa
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