helatorstai
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Finnish
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Etymology
[edit]< Swedish Helge torsdag (“Ascension Day”) < helig (“holy”) + torstai (“Thursday”), compare English Holy Thursday
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈhelɑˌtorstɑi̯/, [ˈhe̞lɑ̝ˌt̪o̞rs̠tɑ̝i̯]
- Rhymes: -orstɑi
- Syllabification(key): he‧la‧tors‧tai
Noun
[edit]helatorstai
- Ascension Day, Ascension (40th day after Easter)
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of helatorstai (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | helatorstai | helatorstait | |
| genitive | helatorstain | helatorstaiden helatorstaitten | |
| partitive | helatorstaita | helatorstaita | |
| illative | helatorstaihin | helatorstaihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | helatorstai | helatorstait | |
| accusative | nom. | helatorstai | helatorstait |
| gen. | helatorstain | ||
| genitive | helatorstain | helatorstaiden helatorstaitten | |
| partitive | helatorstaita | helatorstaita | |
| inessive | helatorstaissa | helatorstaissa | |
| elative | helatorstaista | helatorstaista | |
| illative | helatorstaihin | helatorstaihin | |
| adessive | helatorstailla | helatorstailla | |
| ablative | helatorstailta | helatorstailta | |
| allative | helatorstaille | helatorstaille | |
| essive | helatorstaina | helatorstaina | |
| translative | helatorstaiksi | helatorstaiksi | |
| abessive | helatorstaitta | helatorstaitta | |
| instructive | — | helatorstain | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
[edit]- Kristuksen taivaaseenastumisen päivä (used in 1973-1991, when it was celebrated on Saturday of the previous week)
Further reading
[edit]- “helatorstai”, 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