palvonta

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Finnish

Etymology

palvo- (to worship) +‎ -nta

Pronunciation

Noun

palvonta

  1. worship, praise, -latry, veneration
    esi-isien palvontaancestor worship
    • 1967, Helge Pohjolan-Pirhonen, “Kansakunta etsii itseään: 1772-1808”, in Kansakunnan Historia, volume 2, W. Söderström, page 70:
      Tällainen epämiellyttävien totuuksien lausuja alkoi käydä kiusalliseksi kuninkaan palvontaan omistautuneessa hovissa.
      This kind of utterer of unpleasant truths started to become inconvenient for a court devoted to basileiolatry.

Declension

Inflection of palvonta (Kotus type 9*J/kala, nt-nn gradation)
nominative palvonta palvonnat
genitive palvonnan palvontojen
partitive palvontaa palvontoja
illative palvontaan palvontoihin
singular plural
nominative palvonta palvonnat
accusative nom. palvonta palvonnat
gen. palvonnan
genitive palvonnan palvontojen
palvontain rare
partitive palvontaa palvontoja
inessive palvonnassa palvonnoissa
elative palvonnasta palvonnoista
illative palvontaan palvontoihin
adessive palvonnalla palvonnoilla
ablative palvonnalta palvonnoilta
allative palvonnalle palvonnoille
essive palvontana palvontoina
translative palvonnaksi palvonnoiksi
abessive palvonnatta palvonnoitta
instructive palvonnoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of palvonta (Kotus type 9*J/kala, nt-nn gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative palvontani palvontani
accusative nom. palvontani palvontani
gen. palvontani
genitive palvontani palvontojeni
palvontaini rare
partitive palvontaani palvontojani
inessive palvonnassani palvonnoissani
elative palvonnastani palvonnoistani
illative palvontaani palvontoihini
adessive palvonnallani palvonnoillani
ablative palvonnaltani palvonnoiltani
allative palvonnalleni palvonnoilleni
essive palvontanani palvontoinani
translative palvonnakseni palvonnoikseni
abessive palvonnattani palvonnoittani
instructive
comitative palvontoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative palvontasi palvontasi
accusative nom. palvontasi palvontasi
gen. palvontasi
genitive palvontasi palvontojesi
palvontaisi rare
partitive palvontaasi palvontojasi
inessive palvonnassasi palvonnoissasi
elative palvonnastasi palvonnoistasi
illative palvontaasi palvontoihisi
adessive palvonnallasi palvonnoillasi
ablative palvonnaltasi palvonnoiltasi
allative palvonnallesi palvonnoillesi
essive palvontanasi palvontoinasi
translative palvonnaksesi palvonnoiksesi
abessive palvonnattasi palvonnoittasi
instructive
comitative palvontoinesi

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