diakonissa

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdiɑkonisːɑ/,
  • Rhymes: -isːɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): dia‧ko‧nis‧sa

Etymology 1

From Swedish diakonissa.

Noun

diakonissa

  1. deaconess
    Varhaisina vuosisatoina diakonissat toimivat piispan apulaisina jumalanpalveluksessa ja kasteessa.
    During the early centuries deaconesses acted as helpers for the bishop during church services and baptisms.
Declension
Inflection of diakonissa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative diakonissa diakonissat
genitive diakonissan diakonissojen
partitive diakonissaa diakonissoja
illative diakonissaan diakonissoihin
singular plural
nominative diakonissa diakonissat
accusative nom. diakonissa diakonissat
gen. diakonissan
genitive diakonissan diakonissojen
diakonissain rare
partitive diakonissaa diakonissoja
inessive diakonissassa diakonissoissa
elative diakonissasta diakonissoista
illative diakonissaan diakonissoihin
adessive diakonissalla diakonissoilla
ablative diakonissalta diakonissoilta
allative diakonissalle diakonissoille
essive diakonissana diakonissoina
translative diakonissaksi diakonissoiksi
abessive diakonissatta diakonissoitta
instructive diakonissoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of diakonissa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

Further reading

Etymology 2

Noun

diakonissa

  1. inessive singular of diakoni