penni
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Finnish penni. Doublet of penny.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]penni (plural pennis or pennia)
- (historical) A former Finnish currency unit, worth 1⁄100 of the markka.
- 1980, Nagel Publishers, Finland, page 271:
- The Finnish monetary unit is the Finnish mark or markka (Fmk), which is divided into 100 pennis (p).
Anagrams
[edit]Estonian
[edit]Noun
[edit]penni
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Coined by Finnish physician and philologist Elias Lönnrot in 1860 as a shortened form of penninki. Possibly inspired by English penny.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]penni
- One hundredth of a markka, the Finnish currency until the introduction of euro in 2002.
- viisikymmentä penniä ― fifty pennies
- penni ajatuksistasi ― a penny for your thoughts
Usage notes
[edit]In Finnish the noun is in partitive singular after a cardinal number.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of penni (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | penni | pennit | |
genitive | pennin | pennien | |
partitive | penniä | pennejä | |
illative | penniin | penneihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | penni | pennit | |
accusative | nom. | penni | pennit |
gen. | pennin | ||
genitive | pennin | pennien | |
partitive | penniä | pennejä | |
inessive | pennissä | penneissä | |
elative | pennistä | penneistä | |
illative | penniin | penneihin | |
adessive | pennillä | penneillä | |
ablative | penniltä | penneiltä | |
allative | pennille | penneille | |
essive | penninä | penneinä | |
translative | penniksi | penneiksi | |
abessive | pennittä | penneittä | |
instructive | — | pennein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “penni”, 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
Anagrams
[edit]Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]penni m (genitive singular penna, nominative plural pennar)
- a pen
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Norman
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]penni m (plural pennis)
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