sohvannurkka
Finnish
Etymology
sohvan (“of a sofa”) + nurkka (“corner”)
Noun
sohvannurkka
- (literally) A corner of a sofa.
- (figuratively) A passive position in relation to one's career and employment.
- Työttömän ei pidä vetäytyä sohvannurkkaan.
- An unemployed should not retreat to the corner of the sofa. (literal translation)
- An unemployed should not passively wait for an opportunity to come across. (contentual translation)
- Työttömän ei pidä vetäytyä sohvannurkkaan.
Declension
| Inflection of sohvannurkka (Kotus type 10/koira, kk-k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sohvannurkka | sohvannurkat | |
| genitive | sohvannurkan | sohvannurkkien | |
| partitive | sohvannurkkaa | sohvannurkkia | |
| illative | sohvannurkkaan | sohvannurkkiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | sohvannurkka | sohvannurkat | |
| accusative | nom. | sohvannurkka | sohvannurkat |
| gen. | sohvannurkan | ||
| genitive | sohvannurkan | sohvannurkkien sohvannurkkainrare | |
| partitive | sohvannurkkaa | sohvannurkkia | |
| inessive | sohvannurkassa | sohvannurkissa | |
| elative | sohvannurkasta | sohvannurkista | |
| illative | sohvannurkkaan | sohvannurkkiin | |
| adessive | sohvannurkalla | sohvannurkilla | |
| ablative | sohvannurkalta | sohvannurkilta | |
| allative | sohvannurkalle | sohvannurkille | |
| essive | sohvannurkkana | sohvannurkkina | |
| translative | sohvannurkaksi | sohvannurkiksi | |
| instructive | — | sohvannurkin | |
| abessive | sohvannurkatta | sohvannurkitta | |
| comitative | — | sohvannurkkineen | |
See also
- sohvaantua
- sohvanurkka