persilja
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Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish persilja, from Old Swedish petersilia, pädersilia, from Old High German petersilia, from Latin petroselīnum, from Ancient Greek πετροσέλινον (petrosélinon).
Pronunciation
Noun
persilja
- parsley, Petroselinum crispum (herb)
- parsley (leaves of this plant, which may be consumed fresh or dried as seasoning)
Declension
| Inflection of persilja (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | persilja | persiljat | |
| genitive | persiljan | persiljoiden persiljoitten persiljojen | |
| partitive | persiljaa | persiljoita persiljoja | |
| illative | persiljaan | persiljoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | persilja | persiljat | |
| accusative | nom. | persilja | persiljat |
| gen. | persiljan | ||
| genitive | persiljan | persiljoiden persiljoitten persiljojen persiljain rare | |
| partitive | persiljaa | persiljoita persiljoja | |
| inessive | persiljassa | persiljoissa | |
| elative | persiljasta | persiljoista | |
| illative | persiljaan | persiljoihin | |
| adessive | persiljalla | persiljoilla | |
| ablative | persiljalta | persiljoilta | |
| allative | persiljalle | persiljoille | |
| essive | persiljana | persiljoina | |
| translative | persiljaksi | persiljoiksi | |
| abessive | persiljatta | persiljoitta | |
| instructive | — | persiljoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “persilja”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Swedish
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek πετροσέλινον (petrosélinon).
Pronunciation
Noun
persilja c (uncountable)
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | persilja | persiljas |
| definite | persiljan | persiljans | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |
Derived terms
- persiljesmör
- prata persilja (“talk nonsense”)
References
- persilja in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- persilja in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- persilja in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- persilja in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)