penni

English

Finnish penni. Doublet of penny

penni (plural pennis or pennia)

(historical) A former Finnish currency unit, worth ¹⁄₁₀₀ of the markka.
- 1980, Nagel Publishers, Finland (page 271)
  The Finnish monetary unit is the Finnish mark or markka (Fmk), which is divided into 100 pennis (p).

penni

Coined by Finnish physician and philologist Elias Lönnrot as a shortened form of penninki. Possibly inspired by English penny.

penni

One hundredth of a markka, the Finnish currency until the introduction of euro in 2002.
viisikymmentä penniä ― fifty pennies

penni ajatuksistasi ― a penny for your thoughts

In Finnish the noun is in partitive singular after a cardinal number.

Inflection of penni (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		penni	pennit
genitive		pennin	pennien
partitive		penniä	pennejä
illative		penniin	penneihin
		singular	plural
nominative		penni	pennit
accusative	nom.	penni	pennit
accusative	gen.	pennin	pennit
genitive		pennin	pennien
partitive		penniä	pennejä
inessive		pennissä	penneissä
elative		pennistä	penneistä
illative		penniin	penneihin
adessive		pennillä	penneillä
ablative		penniltä	penneiltä
allative		pennille	penneille
essive		penninä	penneinä
translative		penniksi	penneiksi
instructive		—	pennein
abessive		pennittä	penneittä
comitative		—	penneineen

Possessive forms of penni (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	pennini	pennimme
2nd person	pennisi	penninne
3rd person	penninsä

From Latin penna (“feather”).

penni m (genitive singular penna, nominative plural pennar)

declension of penni

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
m-w1	singular		plural
nominative	penni	penninn	pennar	pennarnir
accusative	penna	pennann	penna	pennana
dative	penna	pennanum	pennum	pennunum
genitive	penna	pennans	penna	pennanna

Borrowed from English penny.

penni m (plural pennis)

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