arvoisa
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
arvoisa (comparative arvoisampi, superlative arvoisin)
- honored, esteemed, dear (a respectful form of address)
- Arvoisa puhemies! ― Mister/Madam Speaker!
- Arvoisa yleisö! ― Ladies and gentlemen of the audience!
- Arvoisat asiakkaat! ― Dear customers!
Usage notes edit
- Used in certain formal contexts when addressing a ranking person, such as the speaker of an assembly, as well as when addressing an audience.
Declension edit
Inflection of arvoisa (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | arvoisa | arvoisat | |
genitive | arvoisan | arvoisien | |
partitive | arvoisaa | arvoisia | |
illative | arvoisaan | arvoisiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | arvoisa | arvoisat | |
accusative | nom. | arvoisa | arvoisat |
gen. | arvoisan | ||
genitive | arvoisan | arvoisien arvoisainrare | |
partitive | arvoisaa | arvoisia | |
inessive | arvoisassa | arvoisissa | |
elative | arvoisasta | arvoisista | |
illative | arvoisaan | arvoisiin | |
adessive | arvoisalla | arvoisilla | |
ablative | arvoisalta | arvoisilta | |
allative | arvoisalle | arvoisille | |
essive | arvoisana | arvoisina | |
translative | arvoisaksi | arvoisiksi | |
abessive | arvoisatta | arvoisitta | |
instructive | — | arvoisin | |
comitative | — | arvoisine |
Derived terms edit
compounds
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “arvoisa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (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