jalokivi
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Finnish
Etymology
jalo (“noble”) + kivi (“stone”). Coined by Finnish priest Anders Gabriel Wikman in 1829.
Pronunciation
Noun
jalokivi
Declension
| Inflection of jalokivi (Kotus type 7/ovi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | jalokivi | jalokivet | |
| genitive | jalokiven | jalokivien | |
| partitive | jalokiveä | jalokiviä | |
| illative | jalokiveen | jalokiviin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | jalokivi | jalokivet | |
| accusative | nom. | jalokivi | jalokivet |
| gen. | jalokiven | ||
| genitive | jalokiven | jalokivien | |
| partitive | jalokiveä | jalokiviä | |
| inessive | jalokivessä | jalokivissä | |
| elative | jalokivestä | jalokivistä | |
| illative | jalokiveen | jalokiviin | |
| adessive | jalokivellä | jalokivillä | |
| ablative | jalokiveltä | jalokiviltä | |
| allative | jalokivelle | jalokiville | |
| essive | jalokivenä | jalokivinä | |
| translative | jalokiveksi | jalokiviksi | |
| abessive | jalokivettä | jalokivittä | |
| instructive | — | jalokivin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
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Further reading
- “jalokivi”, 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