jalopeura
See also: Jalopeura
Finnish
editEtymology
editCompound of jalo (“noble, i.e., king of the beasts”) + peura (“deer; in a primitive sense, any beast of the forest”); one of the many words first known to have been written down by Mikael Agricola when translating the New Testament to Finnish in 16th century.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editjalopeura (archaic)
- (biblical) lion
- 1933/1938, Pyhä Raamattu [The Holy Bible], Helsinki: Suomen Pipliaseura, Pietarin ensimmäinen kirje (1 Peter) 5:8:
- Teidän vastustajanne, perkele, käy ympäri niinkuin kiljuva jalopeura, etsien, kenen hän saisi niellä
- (...) your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour
Usage notes
editOften used together with the epithet kiljuva, as it appeared in the Finnish Bible up to the 1938 translation.
Declension
editInflection of jalopeura (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | jalopeura | jalopeurat | |
genitive | jalopeuran | jalopeurojen | |
partitive | jalopeuraa | jalopeuroja | |
illative | jalopeuraan | jalopeuroihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | jalopeura | jalopeurat | |
accusative | nom. | jalopeura | jalopeurat |
gen. | jalopeuran | ||
genitive | jalopeuran | jalopeurojen jalopeurain rare | |
partitive | jalopeuraa | jalopeuroja | |
inessive | jalopeurassa | jalopeuroissa | |
elative | jalopeurasta | jalopeuroista | |
illative | jalopeuraan | jalopeuroihin | |
adessive | jalopeuralla | jalopeuroilla | |
ablative | jalopeuralta | jalopeuroilta | |
allative | jalopeuralle | jalopeuroille | |
essive | jalopeurana | jalopeuroina | |
translative | jalopeuraksi | jalopeuroiksi | |
abessive | jalopeuratta | jalopeuroitta | |
instructive | — | jalopeuroin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
editFurther reading
edit- “jalopeura”, 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