jumala
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word jumala. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word jumala, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say jumala in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word jumala you have here. The definition of the word jumala will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofjumala, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: Jumala
Estonian
Adverb
jumala (not comparable)
- (colloquial, slang) very, really
Noun
jumala
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *jumala, from Proto-Finno-Permic *juma (“sky, god”), probably borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dyumā (compare Sanskrit द्युम्न (dyumna, “splendor”), Sanskrit द्युमत् (dyumat, “bright; an epithet of Indra”))[1] or earlier Indo-European. Cognates include Estonian jumal (“god”) and Erzya ёндол (jondol, “lightning”) (initial component).
Pronunciation
Noun
jumala
Declension
| Inflection of jumala (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | jumala | jumalat | |
| genitive | jumalan | jumalien | |
| partitive | jumalaa | jumalia | |
| illative | jumalaan | jumaliin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | jumala | jumalat | |
| accusative | nom. | jumala | jumalat |
| gen. | jumalan | ||
| genitive | jumalan | jumalien jumalain rare | |
| partitive | jumalaa | jumalia | |
| inessive | jumalassa | jumalissa | |
| elative | jumalasta | jumalista | |
| illative | jumalaan | jumaliin | |
| adessive | jumalalla | jumalilla | |
| ablative | jumalalta | jumalilta | |
| allative | jumalalle | jumalille | |
| essive | jumalana | jumalina | |
| translative | jumalaksi | jumaliksi | |
| abessive | jumalatta | jumalitta | |
| instructive | — | jumalin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
- Literary/archaic genitive plural: jumalten
Derived terms
compounds
- auringonjumala
- epäjumala
- jumalaapelkäävä
- jumalakeskeinen
- jumalakuva
- jumalanilma
- jumalankieltäjä
- jumalankuva
- jumalanluoma
- jumalanmurha
- jumalanpalvelus
- jumalanpelko
- jumalanpilkka
- jumalansana
- jumalanvilja
- jumalanäiti
- jumalasuhde
- jumalolento
- jumaltaru
- jumaltenpuu
- jumalusko
- kotijumala
- lemmenjumala
- merenjumala
- monijumalainen
- puolijumala
- puujumala
- rakkaudenjumala
- sodanjumala
- tuulenjumala
- viininjumala
- yksijumalainen
- ylijumala
- äitijumala
Related terms
Descendants
- →? Swedish: Jomala
References
Further reading
- “jumala”, 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
Anagrams
Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *jumala. Cognates include Finnish jumala and Estonian jumal.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈjumɑlɑ/,
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈjumɑːlɑ/,
- Rhymes: -umɑl, -umɑːlɑ
- Hyphenation: ju‧ma‧la
Noun
jumala
- god, deity
- 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 102:
- Kaik religiat opettaat, jot inmihisen teki jumala.
- All religions say, that a deity made the human.
Declension
| Declension of jumala (type 3/koira, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | jumala | jumalat |
| genitive | jumalan | jumaliin |
| partitive | jumalaa | jumalia |
| illative | jumalaa | jumalii |
| inessive | jumalaas | jumaliis |
| elative | jumalast | jumalist |
| allative | jumalalle | jumalille |
| adessive | jumalaal | jumaliil |
| ablative | jumalalt | jumalilt |
| translative | jumalaks | jumaliks |
| essive | jumalanna, jumalaan | jumalinna, jumaliin |
| exessive1) | jumalant | jumalint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
Derived terms
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 110
- Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку, →ISBN, page 34
Karelian
Noun
jumala