farmari
Finnish
editEtymology
editfarmi + -ari, after English farmer
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfarmari
- farmer (see usage notes)
- Ellipsis of farmariauto (“station wagon”).
- (in the plural) Ellipsis of farmarihousut (“jeans”).
Usage notes
editAs an independent word, farmari usually refers to a New World farmer. The terms used of other farmers include maanviljelijä, viljelijä, talonpoika, maajussi. As part of compound words, farmari is often used universally to refer to specialized farmers, e.g. sikafarmari (“a pig farmer”).
Declension
editInflection of farmari (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | farmari | farmarit | |
genitive | farmarin | farmarien farmareiden farmareitten | |
partitive | farmaria | farmareita farmareja | |
illative | farmariin | farmareihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | farmari | farmarit | |
accusative | nom. | farmari | farmarit |
gen. | farmarin | ||
genitive | farmarin | farmarien farmareiden farmareitten | |
partitive | farmaria | farmareita farmareja | |
inessive | farmarissa | farmareissa | |
elative | farmarista | farmareista | |
illative | farmariin | farmareihin | |
adessive | farmarilla | farmareilla | |
ablative | farmarilta | farmareilta | |
allative | farmarille | farmareille | |
essive | farmarina | farmareina | |
translative | farmariksi | farmareiksi | |
abessive | farmaritta | farmareitta | |
instructive | — | farmarein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
editcompounds
Further reading
edit- “farmari”, 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