malja
See also: Malja
Finnish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
malja
- goblet, cup, chalice (drinking vessel with a foot and stem)
- 1933, The Holy Bible, Psalms 23:5:
- Sinä valmistat minulle pöydän minun vihollisteni silmien eteen. Sinä voitelet minun pääni öljyllä; minun maljani on ylitsevuotavainen.
- Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
- Pythagoraan malja ― Pythagorean cup
- bowl (hemispherical container, particularly a tall bowl)
- cup (type of trophy)
- cup (tarot suit)
- cup (that which is to be received or endured)
- a serving of (usually) alcoholic drink, especially when drunk for friendship or someone's health
- juoda jonkun malja ― to pledge
- Haluaisitteko juoda maljani, herra?
- Will you be so good as to pledge me, sir?
- font; chiefly in kastemalja (“baptismal font”)
Declension
Inflection of malja (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | malja | maljat | |
genitive | maljan | maljojen | |
partitive | maljaa | maljoja | |
illative | maljaan | maljoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | malja | maljat | |
accusative | nom. | malja | maljat |
gen. | maljan | ||
genitive | maljan | maljojen maljain rare | |
partitive | maljaa | maljoja | |
inessive | maljassa | maljoissa | |
elative | maljasta | maljoista | |
illative | maljaan | maljoihin | |
adessive | maljalla | maljoilla | |
ablative | maljalta | maljoilta | |
allative | maljalle | maljoille | |
essive | maljana | maljoina | |
translative | maljaksi | maljoiksi | |
abessive | maljatta | maljoitta | |
instructive | — | maljoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
Compounds
Derived terms
- maljakas
- maljakko (“vase”)
- maljamainen
Categories:
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Norse
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑljɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑljɑ/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish entries with topic categories using raw markup
- Finnish terms with quotations
- Finnish terms with usage examples
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- fi:Containers