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Allasta

Allasta is the partitive singular form of the Finnish noun allas, which denotes a basin, pool, tub, or container that holds liquids. The term covers a range of receptacles from domestic vessels such as a kitchen sink (keittiöallas) to larger bodies of water like swimming pools (uima-allas), as well as natural or hydraulic basins in geography and hydrology.

In common usage, allas and its inflected forms appear in a variety of compound terms. Keittiöallas refers

Grammatically, allasta serves as the partitive singular form; other common forms include altaan as the genitive

Overall, allasta is a versatile Finnish noun tied to both everyday objects and natural or technical basins.

to
a
kitchen
sink,
and
uima-allas
refers
to
a
swimming
pool.
The
word
also
occurs
in
technical
contexts,
including
vesiallas
for
a
water
basin
in
engineering
or
geology.
The
sense
is
broad
enough
to
encompass
any
container
designed
to
hold
liquids
as
well
as
natural
basins
that
collect
water.
singular
and
altaat
as
the
nominative
plural.
These
inflections
follow
general
Finnish
noun-grammar
patterns,
where
the
form
of
the
word
changes
to
reflect
quantity,
possession,
or
grammatical
role
in
a
sentence.
It
appears
in
household
terms
as
well
as
in
scientific
and
geographic
language,
illustrating
the
flexible
use
of
the
root
allas
across
contexts.