faija
Finnish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom dialectal variant of Swedish fader (“father”). Compare also Finnish äijä (“old man”) and Finnish muija (“old woman, hag; wife, girlfriend; young woman, chick”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfaija (colloquial)
Declension
editInflection of faija (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | faija | faijat | |
genitive | faijan | faijojen | |
partitive | faijaa | faijoja | |
illative | faijaan | faijoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | faija | faijat | |
accusative | nom. | faija | faijat |
gen. | faijan | ||
genitive | faijan | faijojen faijain rare | |
partitive | faijaa | faijoja | |
inessive | faijassa | faijoissa | |
elative | faijasta | faijoista | |
illative | faijaan | faijoihin | |
adessive | faijalla | faijoilla | |
ablative | faijalta | faijoilta | |
allative | faijalle | faijoille | |
essive | faijana | faijoina | |
translative | faijaksi | faijoiksi | |
abessive | faijatta | faijoitta | |
instructive | — | faijoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
See also
editFurther reading
edit- “faija”, 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