valinnanvara
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From valinta (“selection, choice”) + vara (“room, allowance, margin”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈʋɑlinːɑnˌʋɑrɑ/, [ˈʋɑ̝linːɑ̝nˌʋɑ̝rɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑrɑ
- Syllabification(key): va‧lin‧nan‧va‧ra
Noun edit
valinnanvara
- choice (chance for choosing among several alternatives)
- Kirjoissa ei ollut paljoa valinnanvaraa.
- There wasn't much choice with the books.
Usage notes edit
- This noun is used mostly in the phrase olla valinnanvaraa (“to have a choice”) (in the sense, "to be able to choose among several alternatives (as opposed to being forced to select something specific)"). The phrase can be also used, as illustrated above, in an existential clause (there is/are).
Declension edit
Inflection of valinnanvara (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | valinnanvara | — | ||
genitive | valinnanvaran | — | ||
partitive | valinnanvaraa | — | ||
illative | valinnanvaraan | — | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | valinnanvara | — | ||
accusative | nom. | valinnanvara | — | |
gen. | valinnanvaran | |||
genitive | valinnanvaran | — | ||
partitive | valinnanvaraa | — | ||
inessive | valinnanvarassa | — | ||
elative | valinnanvarasta | — | ||
illative | valinnanvaraan | — | ||
adessive | valinnanvaralla | — | ||
ablative | valinnanvaralta | — | ||
allative | valinnanvaralle | — | ||
essive | valinnanvarana | — | ||
translative | valinnanvaraksi | — | ||
abessive | valinnanvaratta | — | ||
instructive | — | — | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “valinnanvara”, 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