patja
See also: Patja
Estonian edit
Noun edit
patja
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *patja (compare Estonian padi), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *badją.[1] Doublet of peti.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
patja
- mattress (a pad on which a person can recline and sleep)
- cushion, pad (soft mass of material acting as a cushion, especially to absorb a shock or impact and especially when quite large)
- (geology) (thick) stratum, layer of soil, air, water
Declension edit
Inflection of patja (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | patja | patjat | ||
genitive | patjan | patjojen | ||
partitive | patjaa | patjoja | ||
illative | patjaan | patjoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | patja | patjat | ||
accusative | nom. | patja | patjat | |
gen. | patjan | |||
genitive | patjan | patjojen patjainrare | ||
partitive | patjaa | patjoja | ||
inessive | patjassa | patjoissa | ||
elative | patjasta | patjoista | ||
illative | patjaan | patjoihin | ||
adessive | patjalla | patjoilla | ||
ablative | patjalta | patjoilta | ||
allative | patjalle | patjoille | ||
essive | patjana | patjoina | ||
translative | patjaksi | patjoiksi | ||
abessive | patjatta | patjoitta | ||
instructive | — | patjoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
compounds
References edit
Further reading edit
- “patja”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03