penni
English edit
Etymology edit
Finnish penni. Doublet of penny.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
penni (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).
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Estonian edit
Noun edit
penni
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Coined by Finnish physician and philologist Elias Lönnrot in 1860 as a shortened form of penninki. Possibly inspired by English penny.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
penni
- 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 edit
In Finnish the noun is in partitive singular after a cardinal number.
Declension edit
Inflection 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 edit
compounds
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
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Icelandic edit
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
penni m (genitive singular penna, nominative plural pennar)
- a pen
Declension edit
declension of penni
Derived terms edit
Norman edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
penni m (plural pennis)