oman onnensa seppä
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
oman (“genitive of "own"”) onnensa (“genitive of "happiness" + 3rd person possessive suffix”) seppä (“smith”); "the smith of one's own destiny"
Noun[edit]
- (idiomatic) self-made person, one's own man
- Olen oman onneni seppä, enkä tarvitse ketään.
- I am my own man and I need no one.
Declension[edit]
- onnensa receives a possessive suffix:
possessor | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
1st person | onneni | onnemme |
2nd person | onnesi | onnenne |
3rd person | onnensa |