uurna
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Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
uurna
- urn, casket
- ballot box
- Synonym: vaaliuurna
- (by extension) the act of voting
- 2021 June 6, “Kuntavaaleissa ennakkoon on äänestänyt yli miljoona ihmistä”, in Helsingin Sanomat:
- Kahdentoista ensimmäisen ennakkoäänestyspäivän aikana uurnilla on käynyt yli 1,04 miljoonaa äänestäjää – –.
- In the first twelve days of advanced voting, 1.04 million voters have cast their vote – –.
Declension
| Inflection of uurna (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | uurna | uurnat | ||
| genitive | uurnan | uurnien | ||
| partitive | uurnaa | uurnia | ||
| illative | uurnaan | uurniin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | uurna | uurnat | ||
| accusative | nom. | uurna | uurnat | |
| gen. | uurnan | |||
| genitive | uurnan | uurnien uurnainrare | ||
| partitive | uurnaa | uurnia | ||
| inessive | uurnassa | uurnissa | ||
| elative | uurnasta | uurnista | ||
| illative | uurnaan | uurniin | ||
| adessive | uurnalla | uurnilla | ||
| ablative | uurnalta | uurnilta | ||
| allative | uurnalle | uurnille | ||
| essive | uurnana | uurnina | ||
| translative | uurnaksi | uurniksi | ||
| abessive | uurnatta | uurnitta | ||
| instructive | — | uurnin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “uurna”, 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 2023-07-04