eduskunta

See also: Eduskunta

Finnish

Etymology

From edus-. The initial part from edustaa (“to represent”) or its root edus, both ultimately from the same root. Coined by Finnish folklorist and linguist Daniel Europaeus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈedusˌkuntɑ/, [ˈe̞dus̠ˌkun̪t̪ɑ]
  • Rhymes: -untɑ
  • Syllabification(key): e‧dus‧kun‧ta

Noun

eduskunta

  1. the Finnish Parliament
  2. (by extension, relatively rarely) Any parliament.

Usage notes
  • As the names of institutions in general, eduskunta is always decapitalized in Finnish.
  • The parliaments of other countries may always be called parlamentti, but some of them are usually referred to with a term that is derived from their original language, see "synonyms" below.

Declension
Inflection of eduskunta (Kotus type 10*J/koira, nt-nn gradation)
nominative eduskunta eduskunnat
genitive eduskunnan eduskuntien
partitive eduskuntaa eduskuntia
illative eduskuntaan eduskuntiin
singular plural
nominative eduskunta eduskunnat
accusative nom. eduskunta eduskunnat
gen. eduskunnan
genitive eduskunnan eduskuntien
eduskuntainrare
partitive eduskuntaa eduskuntia
inessive eduskunnassa eduskunnissa
elative eduskunnasta eduskunnista
illative eduskuntaan eduskuntiin
adessive eduskunnalla eduskunnilla
ablative eduskunnalta eduskunnilta
allative eduskunnalle eduskunnille
essive eduskuntana eduskuntina
translative eduskunnaksi eduskunniksi
instructive — eduskunnin
abessive eduskunnatta eduskunnitta
comitative — eduskuntineen
Possessive forms of eduskunta (type koira)
possessor singular plural
1st person eduskuntani eduskuntamme
2nd person eduskuntasi eduskuntanne
3rd person eduskuntansa

Synonyms

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See also
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