kirkkoherra
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Calque of Swedish kyrkherre; kirkko (“church”) + herra (“master, lord”). Some sources claim the term is a mistranslation of Swedish kyrkoherde (“vicar”, literally “church shepherd”), but that term is more likely a later alteration of kyrkherre.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kirkkoherra
- parish priest (Catholic, UK), pastor (Lutheran; Catholic, US); parson, rector, vicar (Anglican) (main priest serving a parish)
Usage notes edit
- Kirkkoherra is a middle ranking Finnish church official of higher rank than a pappi (“priest, preacher”) but below the rank of piispa (“bishop”).
- The English equivalents for kirkkoherra vary widely by the country and congregation and same title may be used to mean different positions in different churches.
Declension edit
Inflection of kirkkoherra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | kirkkoherra | kirkkoherrat | ||
genitive | kirkkoherran | kirkkoherrojen | ||
partitive | kirkkoherraa | kirkkoherroja | ||
illative | kirkkoherraan | kirkkoherroihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | kirkkoherra | kirkkoherrat | ||
accusative | nom. | kirkkoherra | kirkkoherrat | |
gen. | kirkkoherran | |||
genitive | kirkkoherran | kirkkoherrojen kirkkoherrainrare | ||
partitive | kirkkoherraa | kirkkoherroja | ||
inessive | kirkkoherrassa | kirkkoherroissa | ||
elative | kirkkoherrasta | kirkkoherroista | ||
illative | kirkkoherraan | kirkkoherroihin | ||
adessive | kirkkoherralla | kirkkoherroilla | ||
ablative | kirkkoherralta | kirkkoherroilta | ||
allative | kirkkoherralle | kirkkoherroille | ||
essive | kirkkoherrana | kirkkoherroina | ||
translative | kirkkoherraksi | kirkkoherroiksi | ||
abessive | kirkkoherratta | kirkkoherroitta | ||
instructive | — | kirkkoherroin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
compounds
Further reading edit
- “kirkkoherra”, 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