venetsialaiset
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Finnish
Etymology
From the nominative plural form of venetsialainen (“Venetian”). The name of the festival originally refers to the Carnival of Venice. Compare the many similarly named festivities, e.g. hautajaiset, avajaiset, fuksiaiset.
Pronunciation
Noun
venetsialaiset pl
- nominative plural of venetsialainen
- Venetian festival; a festival celebrated every August in Western Finland, and Kokkola in particular
Usage notes
- The essive case is used with this word, either in singular or plural:
- Missä olit venetsialaisina/venetsialaisena?
- Where were you Venetian festival?
Declension
| Inflection of venetsialaiset (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | venetsialaiset | |
| genitive | — | venetsialaisten venetsialaisien | |
| partitive | — | venetsialaisia | |
| illative | — | venetsialaisiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | — | venetsialaiset | |
| accusative | nom. | — | venetsialaiset |
| gen. | — | ||
| genitive | — | venetsialaisten venetsialaisien | |
| partitive | — | venetsialaisia | |
| inessive | — | venetsialaisissa | |
| elative | — | venetsialaisista | |
| illative | — | venetsialaisiin | |
| adessive | — | venetsialaisilla | |
| ablative | — | venetsialaisilta | |
| allative | — | venetsialaisille | |
| essive | — | venetsialaisina | |
| translative | — | venetsialaisiksi | |
| abessive | — | venetsialaisitta | |
| instructive | — | venetsialaisin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Adjective
venetsialaiset
Further reading
- “venetsialaiset”, 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