purjo
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Shortened from purjosipuli (“leek”), a partial calque of Swedish purjolök (lök was translated as sipuli).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
purjo
- leek, Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum (vegetable, having edible leaves and a milder flavour than the onion)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of purjo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | purjo | purjot | ||
genitive | purjon | purjojen | ||
partitive | purjoa | purjoja | ||
illative | purjoon | purjoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | purjo | purjot | ||
accusative | nom. | purjo | purjot | |
gen. | purjon | |||
genitive | purjon | purjojen | ||
partitive | purjoa | purjoja | ||
inessive | purjossa | purjoissa | ||
elative | purjosta | purjoista | ||
illative | purjoon | purjoihin | ||
adessive | purjolla | purjoilla | ||
ablative | purjolta | purjoilta | ||
allative | purjolle | purjoille | ||
essive | purjona | purjoina | ||
translative | purjoksi | purjoiksi | ||
abessive | purjotta | purjoitta | ||
instructive | — | purjoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
Further reading[edit]
- “purjo”, 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
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin porrum. Attested since the 15th century.
Noun[edit]
purjo c
- Synonym of purjolök (“leek”) (usually as an ingredient)
- (slang) a dolt (as an invective)
- Ditt purjo
- You dolt
Declension[edit]
Declension of purjo | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | purjo | purjon | — | — |
Genitive | purjos | purjons | — | — |
References[edit]
Categories:
- Finnish terms partially calqued from Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from Swedish
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/urjo
- Rhymes:Finnish/urjo/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish valo-type nominals
- fi:Vegetables
- Swedish terms borrowed from Latin
- Swedish terms derived from Latin
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish slang
- Swedish terms with usage examples