pellava

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pëllava(s), of unknown further origin. Related to dialectal pellavas, Karelian pelvas and Veps pölvaz.

Pronunciation

Noun

pellava

  1. (botany) flax (Linum usitatissimum)
    Synonym: peltopellava
  2. linen, flax (flax fiber; thread, cloth or fabric made from flax fiber)
    pellava muuttuu kullaksi ja villa mullaksi (aphorism)linen lasts much longer than wool (literally, “linen becomes gold and wool dust”)
  3. (broadly, botany) flax (Linum)

Declension

Inflection of pellava (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative pellava pellavat
genitive pellavan pellavien
partitive pellavaa pellavia
illative pellavaan pellaviin
singular plural
nominative pellava pellavat
accusative nom. pellava pellavat
gen. pellavan
genitive pellavan pellavien
pellavain rare
partitive pellavaa pellavia
inessive pellavassa pellavissa
elative pellavasta pellavista
illative pellavaan pellaviin
adessive pellavalla pellavilla
ablative pellavalta pellavilta
allative pellavalle pellaville
essive pellavana pellavina
translative pellavaksi pellaviksi
abessive pellavatta pellavitta
instructive pellavin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of pellava (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative pellavani pellavani
accusative nom. pellavani pellavani
gen. pellavani
genitive pellavani pellavieni
pellavaini rare
partitive pellavaani pellaviani
inessive pellavassani pellavissani
elative pellavastani pellavistani
illative pellavaani pellaviini
adessive pellavallani pellavillani
ablative pellavaltani pellaviltani
allative pellavalleni pellavilleni
essive pellavanani pellavinani
translative pellavakseni pellavikseni
abessive pellavattani pellavittani
instructive
comitative pellavineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative pellavasi pellavasi
accusative nom. pellavasi pellavasi
gen. pellavasi
genitive pellavasi pellaviesi
pellavaisi rare
partitive pellavaasi pellaviasi
inessive pellavassasi pellavissasi
elative pellavastasi pellavistasi
illative pellavaasi pellaviisi
adessive pellavallasi pellavillasi
ablative pellavaltasi pellaviltasi
allative pellavallesi pellavillesi
essive pellavanasi pellavinasi
translative pellavaksesi pellaviksesi
abessive pellavattasi pellavittasi
instructive
comitative pellavinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative pellavamme pellavamme
accusative nom. pellavamme pellavamme
gen. pellavamme
genitive pellavamme pellaviemme
pellavaimme rare
partitive pellavaamme pellaviamme
inessive pellavassamme pellavissamme
elative pellavastamme pellavistamme
illative pellavaamme pellaviimme
adessive pellavallamme pellavillamme
ablative pellavaltamme pellaviltamme
allative pellavallemme pellavillemme
essive pellavanamme pellavinamme
translative pellavaksemme pellaviksemme
abessive pellavattamme pellavittamme
instructive
comitative pellavinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative pellavanne pellavanne
accusative nom. pellavanne pellavanne
gen. pellavanne
genitive pellavanne pellavienne
pellavainne rare
partitive pellavaanne pellavianne
inessive pellavassanne pellavissanne
elative pellavastanne pellavistanne
illative pellavaanne pellaviinne
adessive pellavallanne pellavillanne
ablative pellavaltanne pellaviltanne
allative pellavallenne pellavillenne
essive pellavananne pellavinanne
translative pellavaksenne pellaviksenne
abessive pellavattanne pellavittanne
instructive
comitative pellavinenne

Derived terms

compounds

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