porvari
Finnish
Etymology
From Swedish borgare, using Finnish suffix + -ri (“-er”), from French bourgeois.
Noun
porvari
- (historical) A merchant or shopowner.
- (politics, leftist terminology) A capitalist.
- (politics) A person having bourgeois opinions.
- As a determiner in compound terms (porvari-), right-wing, non-socialist, conservative.
Declension
| Inflection of porvari (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | porvari | porvarit | |
| genitive | porvarin | porvarien porvareiden porvareitten | |
| partitive | porvaria | porvareita porvareja | |
| illative | porvariin | porvareihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | porvari | porvarit | |
| accusative | nom. | porvari | porvarit |
| gen. | porvarin | ||
| genitive | porvarin | porvarien porvareiden porvareitten | |
| partitive | porvaria | porvareita porvareja | |
| inessive | porvarissa | porvareissa | |
| elative | porvarista | porvareista | |
| illative | porvariin | porvareihin | |
| adessive | porvarilla | porvareilla | |
| ablative | porvarilta | porvareilta | |
| allative | porvarille | porvareille | |
| essive | porvarina | porvareina | |
| translative | porvariksi | porvareiksi | |
| instructive | — | porvarein | |
| abessive | porvaritta | porvareitta | |
| comitative | — | porvareineen | |
Derived terms
- poroporvari
- porvarienemmistö = a non-socialist majority
- porvarihallitus = a right-wing government
- porvarillinen
- porvaripuolue = a conservative party
- porvaristo