pirssi
Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom Russian би́ржа (bírža, “horse cab stand”). When automobiles replaced the horses, pirssi came to mean "taxi stand" and the taxes were called pirssiauto or simply pirssi. Later, according to the international practice the term taksi (“taxi”) was adopted.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpirssi
- (archaic) horse cab stand
- (archaic) taxi stand
- Synonyms: taksiasema, taksitolppa
- (colloquial, now rare) taxi
- Synonyms: pirssiauto, taksi, vuokra-auto
- (colloquial) car (automobile)
- Hieno pirssi! ― Nice wheels!
Declension
editInflection of pirssi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | pirssi | pirssit | ||
genitive | pirssin | pirssien | ||
partitive | pirssiä | pirssejä | ||
illative | pirssiin | pirsseihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | pirssi | pirssit | ||
accusative | nom. | pirssi | pirssit | |
gen. | pirssin | |||
genitive | pirssin | pirssien | ||
partitive | pirssiä | pirssejä | ||
inessive | pirssissä | pirsseissä | ||
elative | pirssistä | pirsseistä | ||
illative | pirssiin | pirsseihin | ||
adessive | pirssillä | pirsseillä | ||
ablative | pirssiltä | pirsseiltä | ||
allative | pirssille | pirsseille | ||
essive | pirssinä | pirsseinä | ||
translative | pirssiksi | pirsseiksi | ||
abessive | pirssittä | pirsseittä | ||
instructive | — | pirssein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
editcompounds
References
edit- “pirssi”, 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
- Article published on Kotus web page on etymology of pirssi (in Finnish)[2]
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- Finnish terms borrowed from Russian
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- Finnish 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Finnish/irsːi/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish terms with archaic senses
- Finnish colloquialisms
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- Finnish risti-type nominals