# lavantauti
## Finnish
### Etymology

lavan +‎ tauti, possibly from
* lava, in modern language "platform, bed", but in older language also referring to a wooden bed, because the disease would cause someone to be bedridden
* lapa; compare to lapautua (“(of a horse) to become lame due to a broken or dislocated front leg”), which also dialectally "to go limp, weaken"

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɑʋɑnˌtɑu̯ti/, [ˈlɑ̝ʋɑ̝n̪ˌt̪ɑ̝u̯t̪i]
* Rhymes: -ɑuti
* Hyphenation: lavan‧tauti

### Noun

lavantauti
* (pathology) typhoid fever

#### Declension

Possessive forms of lavantauti (Kotus type 5*F/risti, t-d gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lavantautini
accusative
nom.
lavantautini
gen.
lavantautini
genitive
lavantautini
partitive
lavantautiani
inessive
lavantaudissani
elative
lavantaudistani
illative
lavantautiini
adessive
lavantaudillani
ablative
lavantaudiltani
allative
lavantaudilleni
essive
lavantautinani
translative
lavantaudikseni
abessive
lavantaudittani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lavantautisi
accusative
nom.
lavantautisi
gen.
lavantautisi
genitive
lavantautisi
partitive
lavantautiasi
inessive
lavantaudissasi
elative
lavantaudistasi
illative
lavantautiisi
adessive
lavantaudillasi
ablative
lavantaudiltasi
allative
lavantaudillesi
essive
lavantautinasi
translative
lavantaudiksesi
abessive
lavantaudittasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lavantautimme
accusative
nom.
lavantautimme
gen.
lavantautimme
genitive
lavantautimme
partitive
lavantautiamme
inessive
lavantaudissamme
elative
lavantaudistamme
illative
lavantautiimme
adessive
lavantaudillamme
ablative
lavantaudiltamme
allative
lavantaudillemme
essive
lavantautinamme
translative
lavantaudiksemme
abessive
lavantaudittamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lavantautinne
accusative
nom.
lavantautinne
gen.
lavantautinne
genitive
lavantautinne
partitive
lavantautianne
inessive
lavantaudissanne
elative
lavantaudistanne
illative
lavantautiinne
adessive
lavantaudillanne
ablative
lavantaudiltanne
allative
lavantaudillenne
essive
lavantautinanne
translative
lavantaudiksenne
abessive
lavantaudittanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lavantautinsa
accusative
nom.
lavantautinsa
gen.
lavantautinsa
genitive
lavantautinsa
partitive
lavantautiaan lavantautiansa
inessive
lavantaudissaan lavantaudissansa
elative
lavantaudistaan lavantaudistansa
illative
lavantautiinsa
adessive
lavantaudillaan lavantaudillansa
ablative
lavantaudiltaan lavantaudiltansa
allative
lavantaudilleen lavantaudillensa
essive
lavantautinaan lavantautinansa
translative
lavantaudikseen lavantaudiksensa
abessive
lavantaudittaan lavantaudittansa
instructive
comitative

#### Synonyms

* tyyfus

#### Derived terms

* hiirilavantauti
* lavantautibakteeri
* lavantautiepidemia
* lavantautipotilas
* lavantautirokotus
* lavantautitartunta
* pikkulavantauti

### Further reading

* “lavantauti”, 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 2023-07-02