perälauta
Finnish
Etymology
perä (“rear”) + lauta (“board”)
Pronunciation
Noun
perälauta
- tailgate, tailboard (hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle)
- fallback clause or backstop (in a contract which leaves some element of the settlement to depend on future negotiations, a clause that stipulates the outcome in case no other agreement is reached)
Declension
Inflection of perälauta (Kotus type 9*F/kala, t-d gradation) | |||
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nominative | perälauta | perälaudat | |
genitive | perälaudan | perälautojen | |
partitive | perälautaa | perälautoja | |
illative | perälautaan | perälautoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | perälauta | perälaudat | |
accusative | nom. | perälauta | perälaudat |
gen. | perälaudan | ||
genitive | perälaudan | perälautojen perälautain rare | |
partitive | perälautaa | perälautoja | |
inessive | perälaudassa | perälaudoissa | |
elative | perälaudasta | perälaudoista | |
illative | perälautaan | perälautoihin | |
adessive | perälaudalla | perälaudoilla | |
ablative | perälaudalta | perälaudoilta | |
allative | perälaudalle | perälaudoille | |
essive | perälautana | perälautoina | |
translative | perälaudaksi | perälaudoiksi | |
abessive | perälaudatta | perälaudoitta | |
instructive | — | perälaudoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |