sijaan

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Finnish

Noun

sijaan

  1. (deprecated template usage) illative singular of sija

Postposition

sijaan (+ genitive)

  1. instead of.
    Orjantappurain sijaan on kasvava kypressejä, nokkosten sijaan on kasvava myrttipuita.
    Instead of a thornbush the cypress tree shall grow, and instead of a brier the myrtle tree shall grow.

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