pohjantervajaiset
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈpohjɑnˌterʋɑjɑi̯set/, [ˈpo̞xjɑ̝n̪ˌt̪e̞rʋɑ̝ˌjɑ̝i̯s̠e̞t̪]
- Rhymes: -ɑiset
- Hyphenation(key): pohjan‧terva‧jai‧set
Noun
[edit]pohjantervajaiset pl
- The celebration held when the excavation of a tunnel or another underground structure reaches its deepest point (implying completion), in which it is ceremonially tarred (originally to protect against moisture).
Declension
[edit]Inflection of pohjantervajaiset (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | — | pohjantervajaiset | |
genitive | — | pohjantervajaisten pohjantervajaisien | |
partitive | — | pohjantervajaisia | |
illative | — | pohjantervajaisiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | — | pohjantervajaiset | |
accusative | nom. | — | pohjantervajaiset |
gen. | — | ||
genitive | — | pohjantervajaisten pohjantervajaisien | |
partitive | — | pohjantervajaisia | |
inessive | — | pohjantervajaisissa | |
elative | — | pohjantervajaisista | |
illative | — | pohjantervajaisiin | |
adessive | — | pohjantervajaisilla | |
ablative | — | pohjantervajaisilta | |
allative | — | pohjantervajaisille | |
essive | — | pohjantervajaisina | |
translative | — | pohjantervajaisiksi | |
abessive | — | pohjantervajaisitta | |
instructive | — | pohjantervajaisin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
[edit]- “pohjantervajaiset”, 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