laji
See also: lājī
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Swedish slagh (whence Swedish slag (“kind, sort”)), from Old Norse slag, from Proto-Germanic *slagiz.
Pronunciation
Noun
laji
- kind, sort
- Minkä lajin mies hän on?
- What kind of man is he?
- Minkä lajin mies hän on?
- (biology, taxonomy) species
- uusi lintulaji
- a new bird species
- uusi lintulaji
- (sports) sport (certain type of sport, such as football or javelin, as opposed to sports in general)
- Lajejani ovat jääkiekko ja jalkapallo.
- My sports are ice hockey and soccer.
- Lajejani ovat jääkiekko ja jalkapallo.
- genre
Declension
Inflection of laji (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | laji | lajit | ||
genitive | lajin | lajien | ||
partitive | lajia | lajeja | ||
illative | lajiin | lajeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | laji | lajit | ||
accusative | nom. | laji | lajit | |
gen. | lajin | |||
genitive | lajin | lajien | ||
partitive | lajia | lajeja | ||
inessive | lajissa | lajeissa | ||
elative | lajista | lajeista | ||
illative | lajiin | lajeihin | ||
adessive | lajilla | lajeilla | ||
ablative | lajilta | lajeilta | ||
allative | lajille | lajeille | ||
essive | lajina | lajeina | ||
translative | lajiksi | lajeiksi | ||
abessive | lajitta | lajeitta | ||
instructive | — | lajein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
- (kind): -lainen
- (sport): urheilulaji
Derived terms
Derived terms
Compounds
Categories:
- Finnish terms borrowed from Old Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from Old Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from Old Norse
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Finnish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑji
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑji/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- fi:Biology
- fi:Taxonomy
- fi:Sports
- Finnish risti-type nominals