meininki
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Swedish mening, possibly from a dialectal variant. Compare reilu.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]meininki
- (dated) intention, event, happening
- Synonym: tarkoitus
- 19th century, trad. (lyrics and music), “Oolannin sota”:
- Ja se oli vihollisen meininki, / hurraa, huraa, huraa, / Että ampua murskaksi fästinki, / Ja ottaa sen sotaväki fangiksi,
- And that was the enemy's intention, / oorah, oorah, oorah, / To crush the fort by fire / And to take its garrison prisoner
- (informal) atmosphere, feeling, feel, mood, spirit
- Synonyms: tunnelma, (colloquial) meno, fiilis
- natsimeininki ― authoritarian spirit
- Eilisissä juhlissa oli tosi hyvä meininki.
- The party yesterday had a really good atmosphere.
- (colloquial) party
- Synonyms: see juhla
- meininki päällä ― party going on / stuff going on
Declension
[edit]Inflection of meininki (Kotus type 5*G/risti, nk-ng gradation) | |||
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nominative | meininki | meiningit | |
genitive | meiningin | meininkien | |
partitive | meininkiä | meininkejä | |
illative | meininkiin | meininkeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | meininki | meiningit | |
accusative | nom. | meininki | meiningit |
gen. | meiningin | ||
genitive | meiningin | meininkien | |
partitive | meininkiä | meininkejä | |
inessive | meiningissä | meiningeissä | |
elative | meiningistä | meiningeistä | |
illative | meininkiin | meininkeihin | |
adessive | meiningillä | meiningeillä | |
ablative | meiningiltä | meiningeiltä | |
allative | meiningille | meiningeille | |
essive | meininkinä | meininkeinä | |
translative | meiningiksi | meiningeiksi | |
abessive | meiningittä | meiningeittä | |
instructive | — | meiningein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
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Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “meininki”, 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 2023-07-03
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