illallinen
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]illallinen
- dinner (main meal of the day; evening meal)
- Synonym: (biblical) ehtoollinen
- Near-synonym: päivällinen
- (also in the plural) dinner (formal meal for many people eaten for a special occasion)
- Synonym: illalliskutsut
- supper (evening meal)
- Synonym: (light evening snack) iltapala
Declension
[edit]Inflection of illallinen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | illallinen | illalliset | |
genitive | illallisen | illallisten illallisien | |
partitive | illallista | illallisia | |
illative | illalliseen | illallisiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | illallinen | illalliset | |
accusative | nom. | illallinen | illalliset |
gen. | illallisen | ||
genitive | illallisen | illallisten illallisien | |
partitive | illallista | illallisia | |
inessive | illallisessa | illallisissa | |
elative | illallisesta | illallisista | |
illative | illalliseen | illallisiin | |
adessive | illallisella | illallisilla | |
ablative | illalliselta | illallisilta | |
allative | illalliselle | illallisille | |
essive | illallisena | illallisina | |
translative | illalliseksi | illallisiksi | |
abessive | illallisetta | illallisitta | |
instructive | — | illallisin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]- illalliskortti
- illalliskutsu (“dinner invitation”)
- illallispöytä
- illallistaa (“to sup”)
- illallistanssiaiset
- illallisvieras (“dinner guest”)
- juhlaillallinen
- kansalaisillalliset
- päättäjäisillallinen
Further reading
[edit]- “illallinen”, 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