virkamies
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Finnish
Etymology
Compound of virka (“office”) + mies (“man”).
Pronunciation
Noun
virkamies
- civil servant, public officer, official (holder of a public office)
Usage notes
This word is a generic masculine; it is also used when referring to women.
Declension
| Inflection of virkamies (Kotus type 42/mies, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | virkamies | virkamiehet | ||
| genitive | virkamiehen | virkamiesten virkamiehien | ||
| partitive | virkamiestä | virkamiehiä | ||
| illative | virkamieheen | virkamiehiin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | virkamies | virkamiehet | ||
| accusative | nom. | virkamies | virkamiehet | |
| gen. | virkamiehen | |||
| genitive | virkamiehen | virkamiesten virkamiehien | ||
| partitive | virkamiestä | virkamiehiä | ||
| inessive | virkamiehessä | virkamiehissä | ||
| elative | virkamiehestä | virkamiehistä | ||
| illative | virkamieheen | virkamiehiin | ||
| adessive | virkamiehellä | virkamiehillä | ||
| ablative | virkamieheltä | virkamiehiltä | ||
| allative | virkamiehelle | virkamiehille | ||
| essive | virkamiehenä | virkamiehinä | ||
| translative | virkamieheksi | virkamiehiksi | ||
| abessive | virkamiehettä | virkamiehittä | ||
| instructive | — | virkamiehin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “virkamies”, 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