torppari
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
torppa + -ari or directly from Swedish torpare < torp + -are
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
torppari
- (historical) crofter (tenant farmer who paid his rent chiefly by working for the landlord, and earned his own living chiefly from the rented land)
- (figuratively, ironic, by extension) any person who is in a long-term relation in which he/she feels that the best part of his work goes to the benefit of someone else
- pankin torppari ― a holder of a large mortgage
Declension edit
Inflection of torppari (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | torppari | torpparit | ||
genitive | torpparin | torpparien torppareiden torppareitten | ||
partitive | torpparia | torppareita torppareja | ||
illative | torppariin | torppareihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | torppari | torpparit | ||
accusative | nom. | torppari | torpparit | |
gen. | torpparin | |||
genitive | torpparin | torpparien torppareiden torppareitten | ||
partitive | torpparia | torppareita torppareja | ||
inessive | torpparissa | torppareissa | ||
elative | torpparista | torppareista | ||
illative | torppariin | torppareihin | ||
adessive | torpparilla | torppareilla | ||
ablative | torpparilta | torppareilta | ||
allative | torpparille | torppareille | ||
essive | torpparina | torppareina | ||
translative | torppariksi | torppareiksi | ||
abessive | torpparitta | torppareitta | ||
instructive | — | torpparein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Hypernyms edit
- vuokraviljelijä (“tenant farmer”)
Derived terms edit
compounds
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “torppari”, 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