perälauta

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Finnish

Etymology

perä (rear) +‎ lauta (board)

Pronunciation

Noun

perälauta

  1. tailgate, tailboard (hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle)
  2. fallback clause or backstop (in a contract which leaves some element of the settlement to depend on future negotiations, a clause that stipulates the outcome in case no other agreement is reached)

Declension

Inflection of perälauta (Kotus type 9*F/kala, t-d gradation)
nominative perälauta perälaudat
genitive perälaudan perälautojen
partitive perälautaa perälautoja
illative perälautaan perälautoihin
singular plural
nominative perälauta perälaudat
accusative nom. perälauta perälaudat
gen. perälaudan
genitive perälaudan perälautojen
perälautain rare
partitive perälautaa perälautoja
inessive perälaudassa perälaudoissa
elative perälaudasta perälaudoista
illative perälautaan perälautoihin
adessive perälaudalla perälaudoilla
ablative perälaudalta perälaudoilta
allative perälaudalle perälaudoille
essive perälautana perälautoina
translative perälaudaksi perälaudoiksi
abessive perälaudatta perälaudoitta
instructive perälaudoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of perälauta (Kotus type 9*F/kala, t-d gradation)

Derived terms

compounds

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