tuomiokirkko

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Finnish

Etymology

tuomio (judgement) +‎ kirkko (church), a mistaken calque of Swedish domkyrka (cathedral); the initial component dom- was interpreted as dom (judgment), when it actually derives from Latin domus (home) (compare German Dom (cathedral)). Alternatively, it may represent a phono-semantic matching.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtuo̯mioˌkirkːo/,
  • Rhymes: -irkːo
  • Hyphenation(key): tuo‧mio‧kirkko

Noun

tuomiokirkko

  1. cathedral (principal church of a bishop's diocese)
    Synonym: katedraali

Declension

Inflection of tuomiokirkko (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation)
nominative tuomiokirkko tuomiokirkot
genitive tuomiokirkon tuomiokirkkojen
partitive tuomiokirkkoa tuomiokirkkoja
illative tuomiokirkkoon tuomiokirkkoihin
singular plural
nominative tuomiokirkko tuomiokirkot
accusative nom. tuomiokirkko tuomiokirkot
gen. tuomiokirkon
genitive tuomiokirkon tuomiokirkkojen
partitive tuomiokirkkoa tuomiokirkkoja
inessive tuomiokirkossa tuomiokirkoissa
elative tuomiokirkosta tuomiokirkoista
illative tuomiokirkkoon tuomiokirkkoihin
adessive tuomiokirkolla tuomiokirkoilla
ablative tuomiokirkolta tuomiokirkoilta
allative tuomiokirkolle tuomiokirkoille
essive tuomiokirkkona tuomiokirkkoina
translative tuomiokirkoksi tuomiokirkoiksi
abessive tuomiokirkotta tuomiokirkoitta
instructive tuomiokirkoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of tuomiokirkko (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation)

Derived terms

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