Musta Pekka

Finnish

Calque of Swedish Svarte Petter (lit. "Black Peter").

(card games, dated, politically incorrect) Synonym of Pekka (undesirable card in Pekka-peli, a children's card game similar to "Old Maid").
(with "käteen") short straw (bad luck, as in to "draw the short straw")
Minulle jäi Musta Pekka käteen ja jouduin tekemään koko projektin itse.
I drew the short straw and got stuck doing the whole project alone. (lit. "I was left with Black Peter / Old Maid in my hand and...")

Inflection of Musta Pekka (Kotus type 51/nuoripari)
nominative		Musta Pekka	Mustat Pekat
genitive		Mustan Pekan	Mustien Pekkojen
partitive		Mustaa Pekkaa	Mustia Pekkoja
illative		Mustaan Pekkaan	Mustiin Pekkoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Musta Pekka	Mustat Pekat
accusative	nom.	Musta Pekka	Mustat Pekat
accusative	gen.	Mustan Pekan	Mustat Pekat
genitive		Mustan Pekan	Mustien Pekkojen Mustain Pekkojen^rare Mustien Pekkain^rare Mustain Pekkain^rare
partitive		Mustaa Pekkaa	Mustia Pekkoja
inessive		Mustassa Pekassa	Mustissa Pekoissa
elative		Mustasta Pekasta	Mustista Pekoista
illative		Mustaan Pekkaan	Mustiin Pekkoihin
adessive		Mustalla Pekalla	Mustilla Pekoilla
ablative		Mustalta Pekalta	Mustilta Pekoilta
allative		Mustalle Pekalle	Mustille Pekoille
essive		Mustana Pekkana	Mustina Pekkoina
translative		Mustaksi Pekaksi	Mustiksi Pekoiksi
instructive		—	Mustin Pekoin
abessive		Mustatta Pekatta	Mustitta Pekoitta
comitative		—	Mustine Pekkoineen

Possessive forms of Musta Pekka (type nuoripari)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Musta Pekkani	Musta Pekkamme
2nd person	Musta Pekkasi	Musta Pekkanne
3rd person	Musta Pekkansa

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