Pernaja

Finnish

Etymology

Probably from an original form *Pärnäoja, from dialectal pärnä + oja. The modern vowel -e- in Finnish would be influence from the Swedish form Pernå, which is from the same Finnish name (with oja translated as å).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpernɑjɑ/, [ˈpe̞rnɑ̝jɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ernɑjɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Per‧na‧ja

Proper noun

Pernaja

1. A former municipality in Uusimaa, Finland; now part of Loviisa.
2. A village in the municipality of Loviisa.

Declension

Inflection of Pernaja (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		Pernaja	—
genitive		Pernajan	—
partitive		Pernajaa	—
illative		Pernajaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Pernaja	—
accusative	nom.	Pernaja	—
	gen.	Pernajan
genitive		Pernajan	—
partitive		Pernajaa	—
inessive		Pernajassa	—
elative		Pernajasta	—
illative		Pernajaan	—
adessive		Pernajalla	—
ablative		Pernajalta	—
allative		Pernajalle	—
essive		Pernajana	—
translative		Pernajaksi	—
abessive		Pernajatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Pernaja (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Pernajani — accusative nom. Pernajani — gen. Pernajani genitive Pernajani — partitive Pernajaani — inessive Pernajassani — elative Pernajastani — illative Pernajaani — adessive Pernajallani — ablative Pernajaltani — allative Pernajalleni — essive Pernajanani — translative Pernajakseni — abessive Pernajattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Pernajasi — accusative nom. Pernajasi — gen. Pernajasi genitive Pernajasi — partitive Pernajaasi — inessive Pernajassasi — elative Pernajastasi — illative Pernajaasi — adessive Pernajallasi — ablative Pernajaltasi — allative Pernajallesi — essive Pernajanasi — translative Pernajaksesi — abessive Pernajattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Pernajamme — accusative nom. Pernajamme — gen. Pernajamme genitive Pernajamme — partitive Pernajaamme — inessive Pernajassamme — elative Pernajastamme — illative Pernajaamme — adessive Pernajallamme — ablative Pernajaltamme — allative Pernajallemme — essive Pernajanamme — translative Pernajaksemme — abessive Pernajattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Pernajanne — accusative nom. Pernajanne — gen. Pernajanne genitive Pernajanne — partitive Pernajaanne — inessive Pernajassanne — elative Pernajastanne — illative Pernajaanne — adessive Pernajallanne — ablative Pernajaltanne — allative Pernajallenne — essive Pernajananne — translative Pernajaksenne — abessive Pernajattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Pernajansa — accusative nom. Pernajansa — gen. Pernajansa genitive Pernajansa — partitive Pernajaansa — inessive Pernajassaan Pernajassansa — elative Pernajastaan Pernajastansa — illative Pernajaansa — adessive Pernajallaan Pernajallansa — ablative Pernajaltaan Pernajaltansa — allative Pernajalleen Pernajallensa — essive Pernajanaan Pernajanansa — translative Pernajakseen Pernajaksensa — abessive Pernajattaan Pernajattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Pernaja" is Pernajassa.