peijaiset

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *faigijaz (“fey, doomed to die”), compare Old Norse feigr (“near to death”). Cognate with Estonian peied (“wake”)

Noun

peijaiset

  1. A feast to celebrate the kill of a large wild animal, especially a bear or an elk.
  2. (by extension, informal) funeral

Declension
Inflection of peijaiset (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
nominative — peijaiset
genitive — peijaisten
peijaisien
partitive — peijaisia
illative — peijaisiin
singular plural
nominative — peijaiset
accusative nom. — peijaiset
gen. —
genitive — peijaisten
peijaisien
partitive — peijaisia
inessive — peijaisissa
elative — peijaisista
illative — peijaisiin
adessive — peijaisilla
ablative — peijaisilta
allative — peijaisille
essive — peijaisina
translative — peijaisiksi
instructive — peijaisin
abessive — peijaisitta
comitative — peijaisineen

Derived terms
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