asianajaja
Finnish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editasianajaja
- (law) attorney-at-law, barrister (lawyer who is a member of the Bar Association)
- (informal) advocate (person who argues the case of another)
- paholaisen asianajaja
- Devil's advocate
Usage notes
editIn Finland the use of asianajaja as a professional title is restricted to members of the Finnish Bar Association, which uses the unofficial English translation "attorney-at-law". A lawyer is not legally required to be a member of the Bar Association to act as counsel for a party in a court.
Declension
editInflection of asianajaja (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | asianajaja | asianajajat | |
genitive | asianajajan | asianajajien | |
partitive | asianajajaa | asianajajia | |
illative | asianajajaan | asianajajiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | asianajaja | asianajajat | |
accusative | nom. | asianajaja | asianajajat |
gen. | asianajajan | ||
genitive | asianajajan | asianajajien asianajajain rare | |
partitive | asianajajaa | asianajajia | |
inessive | asianajajassa | asianajajissa | |
elative | asianajajasta | asianajajista | |
illative | asianajajaan | asianajajiin | |
adessive | asianajajalla | asianajajilla | |
ablative | asianajajalta | asianajajilta | |
allative | asianajajalle | asianajajille | |
essive | asianajajana | asianajajina | |
translative | asianajajaksi | asianajajiksi | |
abessive | asianajajatta | asianajajitta | |
instructive | — | asianajajin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
editcompounds
Related terms
edit- juristi (attorney)
- lakimies (attorney)
- asianajo (advocacy)
- asianajotoimisto (law office)
See also
editFurther reading
edit- “asianajaja”, 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