perustuslaki
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
perustus (“foundation”) + laki (“law, act”)
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈperustusˌlɑki/, [ˈpe̞rus̠tus̠ˌlɑ̝k̟i]
- Rhymes: -ɑki
- Syllabification(key): pe‧rus‧tus‧la‧ki
Noun[edit]
perustuslaki
- (government, law) constitution (a legal document describing the formal system of primary principles and laws that regulates a government or other institutions)
- Suomen perustuslaki ― the Constitution of Finland
- Euroopan unionin perustuslaki ― the European Constitution
- perustuslakia säätävä
- constituent
Usage notes[edit]
- In the Finnish statutory hierarchy, the perustuslaki is the statute superior to a laki 'act', which in turn is superior to an asetus 'decree'. In other words, the provisions of the perustuslaki take precedence over the provisions of a laki and an asetus, and the provisions of a laki take precedence over the provisions of an asetus.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of perustuslaki (Kotus type 5*D/risti, k-∅ gradation) | ||||
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nominative | perustuslaki | perustuslait | ||
genitive | perustuslain | perustuslakien | ||
partitive | perustuslakia | perustuslakeja | ||
illative | perustuslakiin | perustuslakeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | perustuslaki | perustuslait | ||
accusative | nom. | perustuslaki | perustuslait | |
gen. | perustuslain | |||
genitive | perustuslain | perustuslakien | ||
partitive | perustuslakia | perustuslakeja | ||
inessive | perustuslaissa | perustuslaeissa | ||
elative | perustuslaista | perustuslaeista | ||
illative | perustuslakiin | perustuslakeihin | ||
adessive | perustuslailla | perustuslaeilla | ||
ablative | perustuslailta | perustuslaeilta | ||
allative | perustuslaille | perustuslaeille | ||
essive | perustuslakina | perustuslakeina | ||
translative | perustuslaiksi | perustuslaeiksi | ||
abessive | perustuslaitta | perustuslaeitta | ||
instructive | — | perustuslaein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
adjectives
compounds
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “perustuslaki”, 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–, retrieved 2023-07-03