jengi
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowing from Swedish gäng. Sense two is a semantic loan from English gang.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
jengi
- (colloquial) people, folk
- gang (criminal organisation)
Declension edit
Inflection of jengi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | jengi | jengit | ||
genitive | jengin | jengien | ||
partitive | jengiä | jengejä | ||
illative | jengiin | jengeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | jengi | jengit | ||
accusative | nom. | jengi | jengit | |
gen. | jengin | |||
genitive | jengin | jengien | ||
partitive | jengiä | jengejä | ||
inessive | jengissä | jengeissä | ||
elative | jengistä | jengeistä | ||
illative | jengiin | jengeihin | ||
adessive | jengillä | jengeillä | ||
ablative | jengiltä | jengeiltä | ||
allative | jengille | jengeille | ||
essive | jenginä | jengeinä | ||
translative | jengiksi | jengeiksi | ||
abessive | jengittä | jengeittä | ||
instructive | — | jengein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
Compounds edit
Further reading edit
- “jengi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02