torstai

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Swedish þōrsdagher, from Proto-West Germanic *Þunras dag (“day of the thunder god”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtorstɑi̯/, [ˈt̪o̞rs̠t̪ɑi̯]

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• Rhymes: -orstɑi
• Syllabification^(key): tors‧tai

Noun

day of the week

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torstai

1. Thursday (day of the week; the fourth day of the week in Finland and in the ISO 8601 standard)

Declension

Inflection of torstai (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative		torstai	torstait
genitive		torstain	torstaiden torstaitten
partitive		torstaita	torstaita
illative		torstaihin	torstaihin
		singular	plural
nominative		torstai	torstait
accusative	nom.	torstai	torstait
	gen.	torstain
genitive		torstain	torstaiden torstaitten
partitive		torstaita	torstaita
inessive		torstaissa	torstaissa
elative		torstaista	torstaista
illative		torstaihin	torstaihin
adessive		torstailla	torstailla
ablative		torstailta	torstailta
allative		torstaille	torstaille
essive		torstaina	torstaina
translative		torstaiksi	torstaiksi
instructive		—	torstain
abessive		torstaitta	torstaitta
comitative		—	torstaineen

Possessive forms of torstai (type maa)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	torstaini	torstaimme
2nd person	torstaisi	torstainne
3rd person	torstainsa

Compounds

• helatorstai
• kiirastorstai

Descendants

• Kven: tuorestai

See also

• (abbreviation) to
• (days of the week) viikonpäivä; maanantai‎, tiistai‎, keskiviikko‎, torstai‎, perjantai‎, lauantai‎, sunnuntai‎ ^{(Category: fi:Days of the week)}

Anagrams

• orsitta