pellava

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Finnish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

pellava

  1. (botany) flax
  2. linen
    pellava muuttuu kullaksi ja villa mullaksi (aphorism) ― linen lasts much longer than wool (literally, “linen becomes gold and wool dust”)

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
pellavainrare
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
pellavainirare
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
pellavaisirare
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
pellavaimmerare
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
pellavainnerare
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
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative pellavansa pellavansa
accusative nom. pellavansa pellavansa
gen. pellavansa
genitive pellavansa pellaviensa
pellavainsarare
partitive pellavaansa pellaviaan
pellaviansa
inessive pellavassaan
pellavassansa 		pellavissaan
pellavissansa
elative pellavastaan
pellavastansa 		pellavistaan
pellavistansa
illative pellavaansa pellaviinsa
adessive pellavallaan
pellavallansa 		pellavillaan
pellavillansa
ablative pellavaltaan
pellavaltansa 		pellaviltaan
pellaviltansa
allative pellavalleen
pellavallensa 		pellavilleen
pellavillensa
essive pellavanaan
pellavanansa 		pellavinaan
pellavinansa
translative pellavakseen
pellavaksensa 		pellavikseen
pellaviksensa
abessive pellavattaan
pellavattansa 		pellavittaan
pellavittansa
instructive — —
comitative — pellavineen
pellavinensa

Derived terms

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