porvari
Finnish
Etymology
From Swedish borgare, using Finnish suffix + -ri (“-er”), from French bourgeois.
Noun
porvari
- (historical) A merchant or shopowner.
- (politics, leftist terminology) A capitalist.
- (politics) A person having bourgeois opinions.
- As a determiner in compound terms (porvari-), right-wing, non-socialist, conservative.
Declension
Inflection of porvari (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | porvari | porvarit | ||
genitive | porvarin | porvarien porvareiden porvareitten | ||
partitive | porvaria | porvareita porvareja | ||
illative | porvariin | porvareihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | porvari | porvarit | ||
accusative | nom. | porvari | porvarit | |
gen. | porvarin | |||
genitive | porvarin | porvarien porvareiden porvareitten | ||
partitive | porvaria | porvareita porvareja | ||
inessive | porvarissa | porvareissa | ||
elative | porvarista | porvareista | ||
illative | porvariin | porvareihin | ||
adessive | porvarilla | porvareilla | ||
ablative | porvarilta | porvareilta | ||
allative | porvarille | porvareille | ||
essive | porvarina | porvareina | ||
translative | porvariksi | porvareiksi | ||
abessive | porvaritta | porvareitta | ||
instructive | — | porvarein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
- poroporvari
- porvarienemmistö = a non-socialist majority
- porvarihallitus = a right-wing government
- porvarillinen
- porvaripuolue = a conservative party
- porvaristo