purjo

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Finnish

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Etymology

Shortened from purjosipuli (leek), a partial calque of Swedish purjolök (lök was translated as sipuli).

Pronunciation

Noun

purjo

  1. leek, Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum (vegetable, having edible leaves and a milder flavour than the onion)

Declension

Inflection of purjo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative purjo purjot
genitive purjon purjojen
partitive purjoa purjoja
illative purjoon purjoihin
singular plural
nominative purjo purjot
accusative nom. purjo purjot
gen. purjon
genitive purjon purjojen
partitive purjoa purjoja
inessive purjossa purjoissa
elative purjosta purjoista
illative purjoon purjoihin
adessive purjolla purjoilla
ablative purjolta purjoilta
allative purjolle purjoille
essive purjona purjoina
translative purjoksi purjoiksi
abessive purjotta purjoitta
instructive purjoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of purjo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative purjoni purjoni
accusative nom. purjoni purjoni
gen. purjoni
genitive purjoni purjojeni
partitive purjoani purjojani
inessive purjossani purjoissani
elative purjostani purjoistani
illative purjooni purjoihini
adessive purjollani purjoillani
ablative purjoltani purjoiltani
allative purjolleni purjoilleni
essive purjonani purjoinani
translative purjokseni purjoikseni
abessive purjottani purjoittani
instructive
comitative purjoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative purjosi purjosi
accusative nom. purjosi purjosi
gen. purjosi
genitive purjosi purjojesi
partitive purjoasi purjojasi
inessive purjossasi purjoissasi
elative purjostasi purjoistasi
illative purjoosi purjoihisi
adessive purjollasi purjoillasi
ablative purjoltasi purjoiltasi
allative purjollesi purjoillesi
essive purjonasi purjoinasi
translative purjoksesi purjoiksesi
abessive purjottasi purjoittasi
instructive
comitative purjoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative purjomme purjomme
accusative nom. purjomme purjomme
gen. purjomme
genitive purjomme purjojemme
partitive purjoamme purjojamme
inessive purjossamme purjoissamme
elative purjostamme purjoistamme
illative purjoomme purjoihimme
adessive purjollamme purjoillamme
ablative purjoltamme purjoiltamme
allative purjollemme purjoillemme
essive purjonamme purjoinamme
translative purjoksemme purjoiksemme
abessive purjottamme purjoittamme
instructive
comitative purjoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative purjonne purjonne
accusative nom. purjonne purjonne
gen. purjonne
genitive purjonne purjojenne
partitive purjoanne purjojanne
inessive purjossanne purjoissanne
elative purjostanne purjoistanne
illative purjoonne purjoihinne
adessive purjollanne purjoillanne
ablative purjoltanne purjoiltanne
allative purjollenne purjoillenne
essive purjonanne purjoinanne
translative purjoksenne purjoiksenne
abessive purjottanne purjoittanne
instructive
comitative purjoinenne

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compounds

Further reading

Swedish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin porrum. Attested since the 15th century.

Noun

purjo c

  1. Synonym of purjolök (leek) (usually as an ingredient)
  2. (slang) a dolt (as an invective)
    Ditt purjo
    You dolt

Declension

Declension of purjo
nominative genitive
singular indefinite purjo purjos
definite purjon purjons
plural indefinite
definite

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