veroruuvi
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]veroruuvi
- (figuratively) "the tax screw"
- kiristää veroruuvia ― to tighten the tax screw (i.e. to raise taxes)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of veroruuvi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
---|---|---|---|
nominative | veroruuvi | veroruuvit | |
genitive | veroruuvin | veroruuvien | |
partitive | veroruuvia | veroruuveja | |
illative | veroruuviin | veroruuveihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | veroruuvi | veroruuvit | |
accusative | nom. | veroruuvi | veroruuvit |
gen. | veroruuvin | ||
genitive | veroruuvin | veroruuvien | |
partitive | veroruuvia | veroruuveja | |
inessive | veroruuvissa | veroruuveissa | |
elative | veroruuvista | veroruuveista | |
illative | veroruuviin | veroruuveihin | |
adessive | veroruuvilla | veroruuveilla | |
ablative | veroruuvilta | veroruuveilta | |
allative | veroruuville | veroruuveille | |
essive | veroruuvina | veroruuveina | |
translative | veroruuviksi | veroruuveiksi | |
abessive | veroruuvitta | veroruuveitta | |
instructive | — | veroruuvein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
[edit]- “veroruuvi”, 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