juhannus
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Finnish
Etymology
A corruption of the name Johannes, referring to Saint John.[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
juhannus
- Midsummer Day, Saint John's Day
Usage notes
- Currently juhannus is celebrated in Finland on the Saturday that falls between the 20th and 26th of June.
- Temporal expressions of the word are formed with the essive case: juhannuksena ― (on) Midsummer Day.
Declension
| Inflection of juhannus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | juhannus | juhannukset | |
| genitive | juhannuksen | juhannusten juhannuksien | |
| partitive | juhannusta | juhannuksia | |
| illative | juhannukseen | juhannuksiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | juhannus | juhannukset | |
| accusative | nom. | juhannus | juhannukset |
| gen. | juhannuksen | ||
| genitive | juhannuksen | juhannusten juhannuksien | |
| partitive | juhannusta | juhannuksia | |
| inessive | juhannuksessa | juhannuksissa | |
| elative | juhannuksesta | juhannuksista | |
| illative | juhannukseen | juhannuksiin | |
| adessive | juhannuksella | juhannuksilla | |
| ablative | juhannukselta | juhannuksilta | |
| allative | juhannukselle | juhannuksille | |
| essive | juhannuksena | juhannuksina | |
| translative | juhannukseksi | juhannuksiksi | |
| abessive | juhannuksetta | juhannuksitta | |
| instructive | — | juhannuksin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
compounds
References
- ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
- ^ Sanojen alkuperästä: juhannus. Kotimaisten kielten keskus.
Further reading
- “juhannus”, 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