helkajuhla
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From helka + juhla (“celebration”). The initial component from Old Norse helgr (“holy”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]helkajuhla
- A traditional feast celebrated during the Pentecost in the parish of Sääksmäki, based on a pagan feast that used to be celebrated in May in order to secure the crops for the year.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of helkajuhla (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | helkajuhla | helkajuhlat | |
genitive | helkajuhlan | helkajuhlien | |
partitive | helkajuhlaa | helkajuhlia | |
illative | helkajuhlaan | helkajuhliin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | helkajuhla | helkajuhlat | |
accusative | nom. | helkajuhla | helkajuhlat |
gen. | helkajuhlan | ||
genitive | helkajuhlan | helkajuhlien helkajuhlain rare | |
partitive | helkajuhlaa | helkajuhlia | |
inessive | helkajuhlassa | helkajuhlissa | |
elative | helkajuhlasta | helkajuhlista | |
illative | helkajuhlaan | helkajuhliin | |
adessive | helkajuhlalla | helkajuhlilla | |
ablative | helkajuhlalta | helkajuhlilta | |
allative | helkajuhlalle | helkajuhlille | |
essive | helkajuhlana | helkajuhlina | |
translative | helkajuhlaksi | helkajuhliksi | |
abessive | helkajuhlatta | helkajuhlitta | |
instructive | — | helkajuhlin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “helkajuhla”, 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 2023-07-02