veroruuvi
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
veroruuvi
- (figuratively) "the tax screw"
- kiristää veroruuvia ― to tighten the tax screw (i.e. to raise taxes)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of veroruuvi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | veroruuvi | veroruuvit | ||
genitive | veroruuvin | veroruuvien | ||
partitive | veroruuvia | veroruuveja | ||
illative | veroruuviin | veroruuveihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | veroruuvi | veroruuvit | ||
accusative | nom. | veroruuvi | veroruuvit | |
gen. | veroruuvin | |||
genitive | veroruuvin | veroruuvien | ||
partitive | veroruuvia | veroruuveja | ||
inessive | veroruuvissa | veroruuveissa | ||
elative | veroruuvista | veroruuveista | ||
illative | veroruuviin | veroruuveihin | ||
adessive | veroruuvilla | veroruuveilla | ||
ablative | veroruuvilta | veroruuveilta | ||
allative | veroruuville | veroruuveille | ||
essive | veroruuvina | veroruuveina | ||
translative | veroruuviksi | veroruuveiksi | ||
abessive | veroruuvitta | veroruuveitta | ||
instructive | — | veroruuvein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading[edit]
- “veroruuvi”, 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 2023-07-04