faija
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Finnish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From dialectal variant of Swedish fader (“father”). Compare also Finnish äijä (“old man”) and Finnish muija (“old woman, hag; wife, girlfriend; young woman, chick”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]faija (colloquial)
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of faija (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | faija | faijat | |
| genitive | faijan | faijojen | |
| partitive | faijaa | faijoja | |
| illative | faijaan | faijoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | faija | faijat | |
| accusative | nom. | faija | faijat |
| gen. | faijan | ||
| genitive | faijan | faijojen faijain rare | |
| partitive | faijaa | faijoja | |
| inessive | faijassa | faijoissa | |
| elative | faijasta | faijoista | |
| illative | faijaan | faijoihin | |
| adessive | faijalla | faijoilla | |
| ablative | faijalta | faijoilta | |
| allative | faijalle | faijoille | |
| essive | faijana | faijoina | |
| translative | faijaksi | faijoiksi | |
| abessive | faijatta | faijoitta | |
| instructive | — | faijoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “faija”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02