vappu
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See also: Vappu
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Vappu, Valpuri, the name of a medieval saint with a feast day on 1st May.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]vappu
- May Day, Labor Day, Walpurgis night (1st of May; in Finland, a highly joyous, festive occasion, especially among the working class and students)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of vappu (Kotus type 1*B/valo, pp-p gradation) | ||||
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nominative | vappu | vaput | ||
genitive | vapun | vappujen | ||
partitive | vappua | vappuja | ||
illative | vappuun | vappuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | vappu | vaput | ||
accusative | nom. | vappu | vaput | |
gen. | vapun | |||
genitive | vapun | vappujen | ||
partitive | vappua | vappuja | ||
inessive | vapussa | vapuissa | ||
elative | vapusta | vapuista | ||
illative | vappuun | vappuihin | ||
adessive | vapulla | vapuilla | ||
ablative | vapulta | vapuilta | ||
allative | vapulle | vapuille | ||
essive | vappuna | vappuina | ||
translative | vapuksi | vapuiksi | ||
abessive | vaputta | vapuitta | ||
instructive | — | vapuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “vappu”, 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 2023-07-04