aakkonen
See also: ääkkönen
Finnish
Etymology
From aa, the name of the letter A in Finnish. Coined by Finnish priest Anders Gabriel Wikman.
Pronunciation
Noun
aakkonen
- letter (symbol in an alphabet)
- (in the plural) alphabet, ABC (ordered set of letters used in a language)
- latinalaiset aakkoset ― Latin alphabet
- kyrilliset aakkoset ― Cyrillic alphabet
- (in the plural) elements, rudiments, ABC (basic tenets of an area of knowledge)
Declension
Inflection of aakkonen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | aakkonen | aakkoset | ||
genitive | aakkosen | aakkosten aakkosien | ||
partitive | aakkosta | aakkosia | ||
illative | aakkoseen | aakkosiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | aakkonen | aakkoset | ||
accusative | nom. | aakkonen | aakkoset | |
gen. | aakkosen | |||
genitive | aakkosen | aakkosten aakkosien | ||
partitive | aakkosta | aakkosia | ||
inessive | aakkosessa | aakkosissa | ||
elative | aakkosesta | aakkosista | ||
illative | aakkoseen | aakkosiin | ||
adessive | aakkosella | aakkosilla | ||
ablative | aakkoselta | aakkosilta | ||
allative | aakkoselle | aakkosille | ||
essive | aakkosena | aakkosina | ||
translative | aakkoseksi | aakkosiksi | ||
abessive | aakkosetta | aakkositta | ||
instructive | — | aakkosin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
Derived terms
- adjectives: aakkosellinen
- adverbs: aakkosittain, aakkosellisesti
- nouns: aakkosto, aakkostus, aakkosellisuus
- verbs: aakkostaa
Compounds
References
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
Further reading
- “aakkonen”, 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–