koeaika
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of koe (“test”) + aika (“time”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]koeaika
- (labour law) probation, probationary period (during which, in Finland, both the employer and employee can terminate the contract)
- trial period, testing period
- parole
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of koeaika (Kotus type 9*/kala, ik-j gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | koeaika | koeajat | |
| genitive | koeajan | koeaikojen | |
| partitive | koeaikaa | koeaikoja | |
| illative | koeaikaan | koeaikoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | koeaika | koeajat | |
| accusative | nom. | koeaika | koeajat |
| gen. | koeajan | ||
| genitive | koeajan | koeaikojen koeaikain rare | |
| partitive | koeaikaa | koeaikoja | |
| inessive | koeajassa | koeajoissa | |
| elative | koeajasta | koeajoista | |
| illative | koeaikaan | koeaikoihin | |
| adessive | koeajalla | koeajoilla | |
| ablative | koeajalta | koeajoilta | |
| allative | koeajalle | koeajoille | |
| essive | koeaikana | koeaikoina | |
| translative | koeajaksi | koeajoiksi | |
| abessive | koeajatta | koeajoitta | |
| instructive | — | koeajoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- “koeaika”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02