puliveivari
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]puliveivata + -ari < puljata (“to wheel and deal, swindle”)
Noun
[edit]puliveivari
- (colloquial, derogatory) cheater, conman, swindler, wheeler-dealer
- (politics) wheeler-dealer (shrewd political schemer, a shady operator)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of puliveivari (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | puliveivari | puliveivarit | |
genitive | puliveivarin | puliveivarien puliveivareiden puliveivareitten | |
partitive | puliveivaria | puliveivareita puliveivareja | |
illative | puliveivariin | puliveivareihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | puliveivari | puliveivarit | |
accusative | nom. | puliveivari | puliveivarit |
gen. | puliveivarin | ||
genitive | puliveivarin | puliveivarien puliveivareiden puliveivareitten | |
partitive | puliveivaria | puliveivareita puliveivareja | |
inessive | puliveivarissa | puliveivareissa | |
elative | puliveivarista | puliveivareista | |
illative | puliveivariin | puliveivareihin | |
adessive | puliveivarilla | puliveivareilla | |
ablative | puliveivarilta | puliveivareilta | |
allative | puliveivarille | puliveivareille | |
essive | puliveivarina | puliveivareina | |
translative | puliveivariksi | puliveivareiksi | |
abessive | puliveivaritta | puliveivareitta | |
instructive | — | puliveivarein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
[edit]- “puliveivari”, 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 2023-07-01
Etymology 2
[edit]< puliukko (“drunkard”), by misconception with puliveivari (etymology 1).
Noun
[edit]puliveivari (colloquial, rare)
- (misconception) Synonym of puliukko (“drunkard”).
Declension
[edit]Inflection of puliveivari (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | puliveivari | puliveivarit | |
genitive | puliveivarin | puliveivarien puliveivareiden puliveivareitten | |
partitive | puliveivaria | puliveivareita puliveivareja | |
illative | puliveivariin | puliveivareihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | puliveivari | puliveivarit | |
accusative | nom. | puliveivari | puliveivarit |
gen. | puliveivarin | ||
genitive | puliveivarin | puliveivarien puliveivareiden puliveivareitten | |
partitive | puliveivaria | puliveivareita puliveivareja | |
inessive | puliveivarissa | puliveivareissa | |
elative | puliveivarista | puliveivareista | |
illative | puliveivariin | puliveivareihin | |
adessive | puliveivarilla | puliveivareilla | |
ablative | puliveivarilta | puliveivareilta | |
allative | puliveivarille | puliveivareille | |
essive | puliveivarina | puliveivareina | |
translative | puliveivariksi | puliveivareiksi | |
abessive | puliveivaritta | puliveivareitta | |
instructive | — | puliveivarein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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