diakonissa
Finnish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Swedish diakonissa.
Noun edit
diakonissa
- deaconess
- Varhaisina vuosisatoina diakonissat toimivat piispan apulaisina jumalanpalveluksessa ja kasteessa.
- During the early centuries deaconesses acted as helpers for the bishop during church services and baptisms.
Declension edit
Inflection of diakonissa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | diakonissa | diakonissat | ||
genitive | diakonissan | diakonissojen | ||
partitive | diakonissaa | diakonissoja | ||
illative | diakonissaan | diakonissoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | diakonissa | diakonissat | ||
accusative | nom. | diakonissa | diakonissat | |
gen. | diakonissan | |||
genitive | diakonissan | diakonissojen diakonissainrare | ||
partitive | diakonissaa | diakonissoja | ||
inessive | diakonissassa | diakonissoissa | ||
elative | diakonissasta | diakonissoista | ||
illative | diakonissaan | diakonissoihin | ||
adessive | diakonissalla | diakonissoilla | ||
ablative | diakonissalta | diakonissoilta | ||
allative | diakonissalle | diakonissoille | ||
essive | diakonissana | diakonissoina | ||
translative | diakonissaksi | diakonissoiksi | ||
abessive | diakonissatta | diakonissoitta | ||
instructive | — | diakonissoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading edit
- “diakonissa”, 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
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
diakonissa