virkailija

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Finnish

Etymology

virkailla +‎ -ja

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋirkɑi̯lijɑ/,
  • Rhymes: -ijɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): vir‧kai‧li‧ja

Noun

virkailija

  1. clerk, functionary
  2. public employee

Declension

Inflection of virkailija (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative virkailija virkailijat
genitive virkailijan virkailijoiden
virkailijoitten
partitive virkailijaa virkailijoita
illative virkailijaan virkailijoihin
singular plural
nominative virkailija virkailijat
accusative nom. virkailija virkailijat
gen. virkailijan
genitive virkailijan virkailijoiden
virkailijoitten
virkailijain rare
partitive virkailijaa virkailijoita
inessive virkailijassa virkailijoissa
elative virkailijasta virkailijoista
illative virkailijaan virkailijoihin
adessive virkailijalla virkailijoilla
ablative virkailijalta virkailijoilta
allative virkailijalle virkailijoille
essive virkailijana virkailijoina
translative virkailijaksi virkailijoiksi
abessive virkailijatta virkailijoitta
instructive virkailijoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of virkailija (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

Derived terms

compounds

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