kaanon
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Finnish
Etymology
From Swedish kanon, ultimately from Latin canōn, from Ancient Greek κᾰνών (kanṓn).
Pronunciation
Noun
kaanon
- (music) canon, round (piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times)
- canon (group of literary works, especially religious ones, accepted as representative)
- kaanonissa laulaminen ― canon singing
- (printing) canon (48-point type)
Declension
| Inflection of kaanon (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kaanon | kaanonit | |
| genitive | kaanonin | kaanonien kaanoneiden kaanoneitten | |
| partitive | kaanonia | kaanoneita kaanoneja | |
| illative | kaanoniin | kaanoneihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kaanon | kaanonit | |
| accusative | nom. | kaanon | kaanonit |
| gen. | kaanonin | ||
| genitive | kaanonin | kaanonien kaanoneiden kaanoneitten | |
| partitive | kaanonia | kaanoneita kaanoneja | |
| inessive | kaanonissa | kaanoneissa | |
| elative | kaanonista | kaanoneista | |
| illative | kaanoniin | kaanoneihin | |
| adessive | kaanonilla | kaanoneilla | |
| ablative | kaanonilta | kaanoneilta | |
| allative | kaanonille | kaanoneille | |
| essive | kaanonina | kaanoneina | |
| translative | kaanoniksi | kaanoneiksi | |
| abessive | kaanonitta | kaanoneitta | |
| instructive | — | kaanonein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “kaanon”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (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