jäkki
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Finnish
Etymology
Back-formation from jäkittää. "matgrass" probably from the sense "to be stiff" due to the stiff culms of the plant. The "stool" sense is from the sense "to sit at attention", likewise military slang.
Pronunciation
Noun
jäkki
- matgrass, Nardus stricta
- (military slang) A sort of stool.
Declension
| Inflection of jäkki (Kotus type 5*A/risti, kk-k gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | jäkki | jäkit | ||
| genitive | jäkin | jäkkien | ||
| partitive | jäkkiä | jäkkejä | ||
| illative | jäkkiin | jäkkeihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | jäkki | jäkit | ||
| accusative | nom. | jäkki | jäkit | |
| gen. | jäkin | |||
| genitive | jäkin | jäkkien | ||
| partitive | jäkkiä | jäkkejä | ||
| inessive | jäkissä | jäkeissä | ||
| elative | jäkistä | jäkeistä | ||
| illative | jäkkiin | jäkkeihin | ||
| adessive | jäkillä | jäkeillä | ||
| ablative | jäkiltä | jäkeiltä | ||
| allative | jäkille | jäkeille | ||
| essive | jäkkinä | jäkkeinä | ||
| translative | jäkiksi | jäkeiksi | ||
| abessive | jäkittä | jäkeittä | ||
| instructive | — | jäkein | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Further reading
- “jäkki”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02