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maanantai

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Swedish mānadagher,[1][2] or from Middle Low German māndach;[3] ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *mānini dag.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑːnɑntɑi̯/, [ˈmɑ̝ːnɑ̝n̪t̪ɑ̝i̯]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːnɑntɑi
  • Hyphenation(key): maa‧nan‧tai

Noun

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day of the week
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maanantai

  1. Monday (day of the week; the first day of the week in Finland and in the ISO 8601 standard)

Usage notes

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As with all days of the week in Finnish, the essive case (maanantaina) is usually used when talking about what will happen or happened on a Monday.

Declension

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Inflection of maanantai (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative maanantai maanantait
genitive maanantain maanantaiden
maanantaitten
partitive maanantaita maanantaita
illative maanantaihin maanantaihin
singular plural
nominative maanantai maanantait
accusative nom. maanantai maanantait
gen. maanantain
genitive maanantain maanantaiden
maanantaitten
partitive maanantaita maanantaita
inessive maanantaissa maanantaissa
elative maanantaista maanantaista
illative maanantaihin maanantaihin
adessive maanantailla maanantailla
ablative maanantailta maanantailta
allative maanantaille maanantaille
essive maanantaina maanantaina
translative maanantaiksi maanantaiksi
abessive maanantaitta maanantaitta
instructive maanantain
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of maanantai (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Ingrian: maantaki (from dialectal maantaki)

See also

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  • (abbreviation) ma

References

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  1. ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
  2. ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
  3. ^ Ruppel, Klaas, editor (2021–2023), Suomen etymologinen sanakirja [Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 72)‎[2] (in Finnish), Kotimaisten kielten keskus, →ISSN

Further reading

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