vainaja
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wainagaz, see it for more.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: vai‧na‧ja
- Rhymes: -ɑinɑjɑ
- IPA(key): [ˈʋɑinɑjɑ]
Noun
vainaja
- dead person, deceased, decedent.
- (as headword in a compound term) late, deceased
- mies~
- late husband
- mies~
- (figuratively, colloquial, as headword in a compound term) deceased, scrapped, destroyed, ruined
- auto~
- "'deceased'" car
- auto~
Declension
| Inflection of vainaja (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vainaja | vainajat | |
| genitive | vainajan | vainajien | |
| partitive | vainajaa | vainajia | |
| illative | vainajaan | vainajiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | vainaja | vainajat | |
| accusative | nom. | vainaja | vainajat |
| gen. | vainajan | ||
| genitive | vainajan | vainajien vainajainrare | |
| partitive | vainajaa | vainajia | |
| inessive | vainajassa | vainajissa | |
| elative | vainajasta | vainajista | |
| illative | vainajaan | vainajiin | |
| adessive | vainajalla | vainajilla | |
| ablative | vainajalta | vainajilta | |
| allative | vainajalle | vainajille | |
| essive | vainajana | vainajina | |
| translative | vainajaksi | vainajiksi | |
| instructive | — | vainajin | |
| abessive | vainajatta | vainajitta | |
| comitative | — | vainajineen | |
Synonyms
- (dead person, deceased, decedent) edesmennyt (adj.)
Related terms
- vainaa
Compounds
- sankarivainaja
- vainajainpalvonta
- äitivainaja
Anagrams
- vaanija