Leikkuuta

Leikkuuta is a Finnish noun form connected to the concept of cutting. In everyday Finnish the base noun most closely associated with this idea is leikkaus, which can mean either a surgical operation or the act of cutting in a broader sense. Leikkuuta itself is not typically treated as an independent lexical entry; instead, it is a grammatical inflection that appears in contexts requiring a partitive or indefinite object relating to cutting.

In medicine, leikkaus refers to a surgical procedure, and the same idea may be expressed with other forms of the word. In agriculture, forestry, and manufacturing, cutting, trimming, or harvesting are described with leikkaus or related terms such as leikkuu or katkaisu. Leikkuuta can thus function as the form of leikkaus in phrases that specify an unspecified amount or instance of cutting.

Etymology: the root is the verb leikata “to cut,” via the noun leikkaus “cutting” or “operation.” The form leikkuuta reflects Finnish nominal inflection, illustrating how a single concept can appear in multiple grammatical contexts.

See also: leikkaus, leikkuu, leikkaaminen, katkaisu.