penni
English
editEtymology
editFrom Finnish penni. Doublet of penny.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpenni (plural pennis or pennia)
- (historical) A former Finnish currency unit, worth 1⁄100 of the markka.
- 1980, Nagel Publishers, Finland, page 271:
- The Finnish monetary unit is the Finnish mark or markka (Fmk), which is divided into 100 pennis (p).
Anagrams
editEstonian
editNoun
editpenni
Finnish
editEtymology
editCoined by Finnish physician and philologist Elias Lönnrot in 1860 as a shortened form of penninki. Possibly inspired by English penny.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpenni
- One hundredth of a markka, the Finnish currency until the introduction of euro in 2002.
- viisikymmentä penniä ― fifty pennies
- penni ajatuksistasi ― a penny for your thoughts
Usage notes
editIn Finnish the noun is in partitive singular after a cardinal number.
Declension
editInflection of penni (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | penni | pennit | |
genitive | pennin | pennien | |
partitive | penniä | pennejä | |
illative | penniin | penneihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | penni | pennit | |
accusative | nom. | penni | pennit |
gen. | pennin | ||
genitive | pennin | pennien | |
partitive | penniä | pennejä | |
inessive | pennissä | penneissä | |
elative | pennistä | penneistä | |
illative | penniin | penneihin | |
adessive | pennillä | penneillä | |
ablative | penniltä | penneiltä | |
allative | pennille | penneille | |
essive | penninä | penneinä | |
translative | penniksi | penneiksi | |
abessive | pennittä | penneittä | |
instructive | — | pennein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
editcompounds
Further reading
edit- “penni”, 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 2023-07-03
Anagrams
editIcelandic
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editpenni m (genitive singular penna, nominative plural pennar)
- a pen
Declension
editdeclension of penni
Derived terms
editNorman
editEtymology
editNoun
editpenni m (plural pennis)
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