venetsialaiset
Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom the nominative plural form of venetsialainen (“Venetian”). The name of the festival originally refers to the Carnival of Venice. Compare the many similarly named festivities, e.g. hautajaiset, avajaiset, fuksiaiset.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈʋenetsiɑlɑi̯set/, [ˈʋe̞ne̞ts̠iɑ̝ˌlɑ̝i̯s̠e̞t̪]
- Rhymes: -ɑiset
- Syllabification(key): ve‧net‧si‧a‧lai‧set
Noun
editvenetsialaiset pl
- nominative plural of venetsialainen
- Venetian festival; a festival celebrated every August in Western Finland, and Kokkola in particular
Usage notes
edit- The essive case is used with this word, either in singular or plural:
- Missä olit venetsialaisina/venetsialaisena?
- Where were you [last] Venetian festival?
Declension
editInflection of venetsialaiset (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | — | venetsialaiset | |
genitive | — | venetsialaisten venetsialaisien | |
partitive | — | venetsialaisia | |
illative | — | venetsialaisiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | — | venetsialaiset | |
accusative | nom. | — | venetsialaiset |
gen. | — | ||
genitive | — | venetsialaisten venetsialaisien | |
partitive | — | venetsialaisia | |
inessive | — | venetsialaisissa | |
elative | — | venetsialaisista | |
illative | — | venetsialaisiin | |
adessive | — | venetsialaisilla | |
ablative | — | venetsialaisilta | |
allative | — | venetsialaisille | |
essive | — | venetsialaisina | |
translative | — | venetsialaisiksi | |
abessive | — | venetsialaisitta | |
instructive | — | venetsialaisin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Adjective
editvenetsialaiset
Further reading
edit- “venetsialaiset”, 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 2023-07-04