Borrowed from Old Swedish þiǣnist, thienst, þiānist (“service, decoration of honor”), from Proto-Germanic *þewanōstaz (“service”). Akin to Swedish tjänst (“service; employment, job, esp. public office”), German Dienst, Dutch dienst.
tienesti (colloquial)
| Inflection of tienesti (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tienesti | tienestit | |
| genitive | tienestin | tienestien | |
| partitive | tienestiä | tienestejä | |
| illative | tienestiin | tienesteihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | tienesti | tienestit | |
| accusative | nom. | tienesti | tienestit |
| gen. | tienestin | ||
| genitive | tienestin | tienestien | |
| partitive | tienestiä | tienestejä | |
| inessive | tienestissä | tienesteissä | |
| elative | tienestistä | tienesteistä | |
| illative | tienestiin | tienesteihin | |
| adessive | tienestillä | tienesteillä | |
| ablative | tienestiltä | tienesteiltä | |
| allative | tienestille | tienesteille | |
| essive | tienestinä | tienesteinä | |
| translative | tienestiksi | tienesteiksi | |
| abessive | tienestittä | tienesteittä | |
| instructive | — | tienestein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||