pelinappula
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pelinappula
- piece, token, man (small object controlled by a player in board games)
- (figurative) pawn (someone who is being manipulated or used to some end)
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of pelinappula (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pelinappula | pelinappulat | |
| genitive | pelinappulan | pelinappuloiden pelinappuloitten | |
| partitive | pelinappulaa | pelinappuloita | |
| illative | pelinappulaan | pelinappuloihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | pelinappula | pelinappulat | |
| accusative | nom. | pelinappula | pelinappulat |
| gen. | pelinappulan | ||
| genitive | pelinappulan | pelinappuloiden pelinappuloitten pelinappulain rare | |
| partitive | pelinappulaa | pelinappuloita | |
| inessive | pelinappulassa | pelinappuloissa | |
| elative | pelinappulasta | pelinappuloista | |
| illative | pelinappulaan | pelinappuloihin | |
| adessive | pelinappulalla | pelinappuloilla | |
| ablative | pelinappulalta | pelinappuloilta | |
| allative | pelinappulalle | pelinappuloille | |
| essive | pelinappulana | pelinappuloina | |
| translative | pelinappulaksi | pelinappuloiksi | |
| abessive | pelinappulatta | pelinappuloitta | |
| instructive | — | pelinappuloin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- “pelinappula”, 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 2023-07-03