speksi
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Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From English specs, shortening from specification(s).
Noun
speksi (colloquial)
- (usually in the plural) spec, specification (set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service)
Declension
| Inflection of speksi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | speksi | speksit | |
| genitive | speksin | speksien | |
| partitive | speksiä | speksejä | |
| illative | speksiin | spekseihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | speksi | speksit | |
| accusative | nom. | speksi | speksit |
| gen. | speksin | ||
| genitive | speksin | speksien | |
| partitive | speksiä | speksejä | |
| inessive | speksissä | spekseissä | |
| elative | speksistä | spekseistä | |
| illative | speksiin | spekseihin | |
| adessive | speksillä | spekseillä | |
| ablative | speksiltä | spekseiltä | |
| allative | speksille | spekseille | |
| essive | speksinä | spekseinä | |
| translative | speksiksi | spekseiksi | |
| abessive | speksittä | spekseittä | |
| instructive | — | speksein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
- “2. speksi”, 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 2023-07-01
Etymology 2
< Swedish spex < spektakel (“spectacle”)
Noun
speksi
- A type of interactive musical comedy theatre performed by university students in Sweden and Finland; its Swedish name "spex" is sometimes used in English as well, but also "show" and "spectacle" might be applicable.
Declension
| Inflection of speksi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | speksi | speksit | |
| genitive | speksin | speksien | |
| partitive | speksiä | speksejä | |
| illative | speksiin | spekseihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | speksi | speksit | |
| accusative | nom. | speksi | speksit |
| gen. | speksin | ||
| genitive | speksin | speksien | |
| partitive | speksiä | speksejä | |
| inessive | speksissä | spekseissä | |
| elative | speksistä | spekseistä | |
| illative | speksiin | spekseihin | |
| adessive | speksillä | spekseillä | |
| ablative | speksiltä | spekseiltä | |
| allative | speksille | spekseille | |
| essive | speksinä | spekseinä | |
| translative | speksiksi | spekseiksi | |
| abessive | speksittä | spekseittä | |
| instructive | — | speksein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Further reading
- “1. speksi”, 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 2023-07-01