köyhät (“poor”) + ritarit (“knights”); a calque, either of Swedish fattiga riddare (“poor knights”) or German Arme Ritter (“poor knights”) - also in England a dessert of French toasts with jam has been called the poor knights of Windsor.
Inflection of köyhät ritarit (Kotus type 51/nuoripari) | |||
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nominative | — | köyhät ritarit | |
genitive | — | köyhien ritarien köyhien ritareiden | |
partitive | — | köyhiä ritareita köyhiä ritareja | |
illative | — | köyhiin ritareihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | — | köyhät ritarit | |
accusative | nom. | — | köyhät ritarit |
gen. | — | ||
genitive | — | köyhien ritarien köyhien ritareiden köyhien ritareitten rare köyhäin ritarien rare köyhäin ritareiden rare köyhäin ritareitten rare | |
partitive | — | köyhiä ritareita köyhiä ritareja | |
inessive | — | köyhissä ritareissa | |
elative | — | köyhistä ritareista | |
illative | — | köyhiin ritareihin | |
adessive | — | köyhillä ritareilla | |
ablative | — | köyhiltä ritareilta | |
allative | — | köyhille ritareille | |
essive | — | köyhinä ritareina | |
translative | — | köyhiksi ritareiksi | |
abessive | — | köyhittä ritareitta | |
instructive | — | köyhin ritarein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |