torstai

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from North Germanic, probably Old Swedish þōrsdagher; ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *Þunras dag (“day of the thunder god”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtorstɑi̯/, [ˈt̪o̞rs̠tɑ̝i̯]

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• Rhymes: -orstɑi
• Syllabification^(key): tors‧tai
• Hyphenation^(key): tors‧tai

Noun

day of the week

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torstai

1. Thursday (day of the week; the fourth day of the week in Finland and in the ISO 8601 standard)

   torstaina tupaan kannettiin (from an old rhyme) ― on Thursday, (it) was carried into the main room [referring to the soup made on keskiviikko (“Wednesday”) earlier in the rhyme]

Usage notes

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

Declension

Inflection of torstai (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative		torstai	torstait
genitive		torstain	torstaiden torstaitten
partitive		torstaita	torstaita
illative		torstaihin	torstaihin
		singular	plural
nominative		torstai	torstait
accusative	nom.	torstai	torstait
	gen.	torstain
genitive		torstain	torstaiden torstaitten
partitive		torstaita	torstaita
inessive		torstaissa	torstaissa
elative		torstaista	torstaista
illative		torstaihin	torstaihin
adessive		torstailla	torstailla
ablative		torstailta	torstailta
allative		torstaille	torstaille
essive		torstaina	torstaina
translative		torstaiksi	torstaiksi
abessive		torstaitta	torstaitta
instructive		—	torstain
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of torstai (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative torstaini torstaini accusative nom. torstaini torstaini gen. torstaini genitive torstaini torstaideni torstaitteni partitive torstaitani torstaitani inessive torstaissani torstaissani elative torstaistani torstaistani illative torstaihini torstaihini adessive torstaillani torstaillani ablative torstailtani torstailtani allative torstailleni torstailleni essive torstainani torstainani translative torstaikseni torstaikseni abessive torstaittani torstaittani instructive — — comitative — torstaineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative torstaisi torstaisi accusative nom. torstaisi torstaisi gen. torstaisi genitive torstaisi torstaidesi torstaittesi partitive torstaitasi torstaitasi inessive torstaissasi torstaissasi elative torstaistasi torstaistasi illative torstaihisi torstaihisi adessive torstaillasi torstaillasi ablative torstailtasi torstailtasi allative torstaillesi torstaillesi essive torstainasi torstainasi translative torstaiksesi torstaiksesi abessive torstaittasi torstaittasi instructive — — comitative — torstainesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative torstaimme torstaimme accusative nom. torstaimme torstaimme gen. torstaimme genitive torstaimme torstaidemme torstaittemme partitive torstaitamme torstaitamme inessive torstaissamme torstaissamme elative torstaistamme torstaistamme illative torstaihimme torstaihimme adessive torstaillamme torstaillamme ablative torstailtamme torstailtamme allative torstaillemme torstaillemme essive torstainamme torstainamme translative torstaiksemme torstaiksemme abessive torstaittamme torstaittamme instructive — — comitative — torstainemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative torstainne torstainne accusative nom. torstainne torstainne gen. torstainne genitive torstainne torstaidenne torstaittenne partitive torstaitanne torstaitanne inessive torstaissanne torstaissanne elative torstaistanne torstaistanne illative torstaihinne torstaihinne adessive torstaillanne torstaillanne ablative torstailtanne torstailtanne allative torstaillenne torstaillenne essive torstainanne torstainanne translative torstaiksenne torstaiksenne abessive torstaittanne torstaittanne instructive — — comitative — torstainenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative torstainsa torstainsa accusative nom. torstainsa torstainsa gen. torstainsa genitive torstainsa torstaidensa torstaittensa partitive torstaitaan torstaitansa torstaitaan torstaitansa inessive torstaissaan torstaissansa torstaissaan torstaissansa elative torstaistaan torstaistansa torstaistaan torstaistansa illative torstaihinsa torstaihinsa adessive torstaillaan torstaillansa torstaillaan torstaillansa ablative torstailtaan torstailtansa torstailtaan torstailtansa allative torstailleen torstaillensa torstailleen torstaillensa essive torstainaan torstainansa torstainaan torstainansa translative torstaikseen torstaiksensa torstaikseen torstaiksensa abessive torstaittaan torstaittansa torstaittaan torstaittansa instructive — — comitative — torstaineen torstainensa

Derived terms

• to
• torstainen
• torstaisin

compounds

• kiirastorstai
• rasvatorstai
• torstaiaamu
• torstaiaamupäivä
• torstai-ilta
• torstai-iltapäivä
• torstaipäivä
• viimetorstailaisuus

Descendants

• Kven: tuorestai

See also

• (abbreviation) to

• days of the week: viikonpäivä (appendix): maanantai · tiistai · keskiviikko · torstai · perjantai · lauantai · sunnuntai ^[edit]

Further reading

• “torstai”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Anagrams

• orsitta