perhehoito

perhehoito

Finnish

Etymology

perhe (“family”) +‎ hoito (“care”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈperheˣˌhoi̯to/, [ˈpe̞rhe̞hˌho̞i̯t̪o̞]
• Rhymes: -oito
• Syllabification^(key): per‧he‧hoi‧to

Noun

perhehoito

1. foster care (formal system by which a child is cared for, in a foster family, by people other than its own parents, but without being adopted)

Usage notes

• Legally, as of June 2015, foster care in Finland is regulated in the Child Welfare Act (lastensuojelulaki, 417/2007) and the Family Care Act (perhehoitolaki, 263/2015). The term perhehoito is used of foster care in a family and the term is officially translated as "family care" into English. Similar care in an institution is called laitoshuolto and translated as "institutional care" into English. An umbrella term covering both forms of care is sijaishuolto, or "substitute care".

Declension

Inflection of perhehoito (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation)
nominative		perhehoito	perhehoidot
genitive		perhehoidon	perhehoitojen
partitive		perhehoitoa	perhehoitoja
illative		perhehoitoon	perhehoitoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		perhehoito	perhehoidot
accusative	nom.	perhehoito	perhehoidot
	gen.	perhehoidon
genitive		perhehoidon	perhehoitojen
partitive		perhehoitoa	perhehoitoja
inessive		perhehoidossa	perhehoidoissa
elative		perhehoidosta	perhehoidoista
illative		perhehoitoon	perhehoitoihin
adessive		perhehoidolla	perhehoidoilla
ablative		perhehoidolta	perhehoidoilta
allative		perhehoidolle	perhehoidoille
essive		perhehoitona	perhehoitoina
translative		perhehoidoksi	perhehoidoiksi
instructive		—	perhehoidoin
abessive		perhehoidotta	perhehoidoitta
comitative		—	perhehoitoineen

Possessive forms of perhehoito (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	perhehoitoni	perhehoitomme
2nd person	perhehoitosi	perhehoitonne
3rd person	perhehoitonsa