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perjantai

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from North Germanic, probably Old Swedish frē(i)adagher, frīadagher;[1][2] ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *Frījā dag.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈperjɑntɑi̯/, [ˈpe̞rjɑ̝n̪t̪ɑ̝i̯]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -erjɑntɑi
  • Syllabification(key): per‧jan‧tai
  • Hyphenation(key): per‧jan‧tai

Noun

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day of the week
pe Previous: torstai
Next: lauantai

perjantai

  1. Friday (day of the week; the fifth day of the week in Finland and in the ISO 8601 standard)

Usage notes

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As with all days of the week in Finnish, the essive case (perjantaina) is usually used when talking about what will happen or happened on a Friday.

Declension

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Inflection of perjantai (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative perjantai perjantait
genitive perjantain perjantaiden
perjantaitten
partitive perjantaita perjantaita
illative perjantaihin perjantaihin
singular plural
nominative perjantai perjantait
accusative nom. perjantai perjantait
gen. perjantain
genitive perjantain perjantaiden
perjantaitten
partitive perjantaita perjantaita
inessive perjantaissa perjantaissa
elative perjantaista perjantaista
illative perjantaihin perjantaihin
adessive perjantailla perjantailla
ablative perjantailta perjantailta
allative perjantaille perjantaille
essive perjantaina perjantaina
translative perjantaiksi perjantaiksi
abessive perjantaitta perjantaitta
instructive perjantain
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of perjantai (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)

Derived terms

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See also

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  • (abbreviation) pe

References

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  1. ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
  2. ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

Further reading

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