pihlaja
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Pihlaja.
See also: Pihlaja
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *pihlaga, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *pićlä. Cognate with Estonian pihlakas, Votic pihlaga (Kattila, Mati), Ingrian pihlaja.
Pronunciation
Noun
pihlaja
- rowan, mountain ash (Sorbus aucuparia)
- pihlaja ei kahta taakkaa kanna: marjoja ja lunta ― an abundance of rowanberries means a harsh winter is coming (literally, “a rowan won't bear two burdens: berries and snow”)
- Any tree in the genus Sorbus.
Usage notes
- As Sorbus aucuparia is by far the most numerous and widely spread Sorbus species in Finland, the word pihlaja usually refers to that species.
Declension
| Inflection of pihlaja (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pihlaja | pihlajat | |
| genitive | pihlajan | pihlajien | |
| partitive | pihlajaa | pihlajia | |
| illative | pihlajaan | pihlajiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | pihlaja | pihlajat | |
| accusative | nom. | pihlaja | pihlajat |
| gen. | pihlajan | ||
| genitive | pihlajan | pihlajien pihlajain rare | |
| partitive | pihlajaa | pihlajia | |
| inessive | pihlajassa | pihlajissa | |
| elative | pihlajasta | pihlajista | |
| illative | pihlajaan | pihlajiin | |
| adessive | pihlajalla | pihlajilla | |
| ablative | pihlajalta | pihlajilta | |
| allative | pihlajalle | pihlajille | |
| essive | pihlajana | pihlajina | |
| translative | pihlajaksi | pihlajiksi | |
| abessive | pihlajatta | pihlajitta | |
| instructive | — | pihlajin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
- (Sorbus aucuparia): kotipihlaja
Derived terms
compounds
- amerikanpihlaja
- etelänpihlaja
- härkäpihlaja
- kaunopihlaja (“Sorbus meinichii”)
- kotipihlaja (“Sorbus aucuparia”)
- orapihlaja
- pihlajalehto
- Pihlajamaa
- Pihlajamäki
- Pihlajaniemi
- pihlajanmarja
- pihlajansarviruoste
- pihlajaperhonen
- Pihlajasalo
- Pihlajavesi
- ruotsinpihlaja (“Sorbus intermedia”)
- saksanpihlaja
- suomenpihlaja (“Sorbus hybrida”)
- tuomipihlaja
- valkopihlaja
Further reading
- “pihlaja”, 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
Ingrian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *pihlaga. Cognates include Finnish pihlaja and Estonian pihlakas.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈpihlɑjɑ/,
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈpihlɑjɑ/,
- Rhymes: -ihlɑi̯, -ihlɑjɑ
- Hyphenation: pih‧la‧ja
Noun
pihlaja
Declension
| Declension of pihlaja (type 3/kana, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | pihlaja | pihlajat |
| genitive | pihlajan | pihlajoin |
| partitive | pihlajaa | pihlajoja |
| illative | pihlajaa | pihlajoihe |
| inessive | pihlajaas | pihlajois |
| elative | pihlajast | pihlajoist |
| allative | pihlajalle | pihlajoille |
| adessive | pihlajaal | pihlajoil |
| ablative | pihlajalt | pihlajoilt |
| translative | pihlajaks | pihlajoiks |
| essive | pihlajanna, pihlajaan | pihlajoinna, pihlajoin |
| exessive1) | pihlajant | pihlajoint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
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Derived terms
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 406