Compound of lanka (“yarn”) + lauantai (“Saturday”); traditionally, the yarn produced during the winter was washed on Holy Saturday.
lankalauantai
| Inflection of lankalauantai (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | lankalauantai | lankalauantait | |
| genitive | lankalauantain | lankalauantaiden lankalauantaitten | |
| partitive | lankalauantaita | lankalauantaita | |
| illative | lankalauantaihin | lankalauantaihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | lankalauantai | lankalauantait | |
| accusative | nom. | lankalauantai | lankalauantait |
| gen. | lankalauantain | ||
| genitive | lankalauantain | lankalauantaiden lankalauantaitten | |
| partitive | lankalauantaita | lankalauantaita | |
| inessive | lankalauantaissa | lankalauantaissa | |
| elative | lankalauantaista | lankalauantaista | |
| illative | lankalauantaihin | lankalauantaihin | |
| adessive | lankalauantailla | lankalauantailla | |
| ablative | lankalauantailta | lankalauantailta | |
| allative | lankalauantaille | lankalauantaille | |
| essive | lankalauantaina | lankalauantaina | |
| translative | lankalauantaiksi | lankalauantaiksi | |
| abessive | lankalauantaitta | lankalauantaitta | |
| instructive | — | lankalauantain | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||