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
- the Finnish Parliament
- (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
- (any parliament): parlamentti (any); duuma (Russia), kansalliskokous (France), knesset (Israel), kongressi (USA), liittopäivät (Germany), valtiopäivät (Nordic countries)
Derived terms
- eduskunta-aloite
- eduskuntaehdokas
- eduskuntakeskustelu
- eduskuntakäsittely
- eduskuntalaitos
- eduskuntalaki
- eduskuntapuolue
- eduskuntasihteeri
- eduskuntatalo
- eduskuntatoimittaja
- eduskuntatyö
- eduskuntavaalit
See also
- kansanedustaja
- valtiopäivät