PäritoluFrom Proto-Finnic *laiha, of Baltic origin; compare Lithuanian liesas and Latvian liess. Cognate to Finnish laiha.
- lean, thin, skinny
- lean, low-fat
- lean, poor, thin (short of some essential element)
“~ kohv : thin coffee”
“~ maa : lean soil, poor soil”
- pale
- figurativelylean
“Parem lahja rahu kui rasvane riid.” — Better a lean accord than a fat quarrel.
Vormidlahja(genitive) · lahjat(partitive) · lahjem(comparative) · kõige lahjem(superlative) · lahja(nominative, singular) · lahjad(nominative, plural) · lahja(accusative, nominative, singular) · lahjad(accusative, nominative, plural) · lahja(accusative, genitive, singular) · lahjad(accusative, genitive, plural) · lahja(genitive, singular) · lahjade(genitive, plural) · lahjat(partitive, singular) · lahjasid(partitive, plural) · lahjasse(illative, singular) · lahjadesse(illative, plural) · lahjas(inessive, singular) · lahjades(inessive, plural) · lahjast(elative, singular) · lahjadest(elative, plural)