valinnanvara
Finnish
Etymology
From valinta (“selection, choice”) + vara (“room, allowance, margin”).
Noun
valinnanvara
- choice (chance for choosing among several alternatives)
- Kirjoissa ei ollut paljoa valinnanvaraa.
- There wasn't much choice with the books.
Usage notes
- This noun is used mostly in the phrase olla valinnanvaraa "to have a choice" (in the sense, "to be able to choose among several alternatives (as opposed to being forced to select something specific)"). The phrase can be used, as illutrated above, also in an existential clause (there is/are).
Declension
| Inflection of valinnanvara (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | valinnanvara | — | |
| genitive | valinnanvaran | — | |
| partitive | valinnanvaraa | — | |
| illative | valinnanvaraan | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | valinnanvara | — | |
| accusative | nom. | valinnanvara | — |
| gen. | valinnanvaran | ||
| genitive | valinnanvaran | — | |
| partitive | valinnanvaraa | — | |
| inessive | valinnanvarassa | — | |
| elative | valinnanvarasta | — | |
| illative | valinnanvaraan | — | |
| adessive | valinnanvaralla | — | |
| ablative | valinnanvaralta | — | |
| allative | valinnanvaralle | — | |
| essive | valinnanvarana | — | |
| translative | valinnanvaraksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | valinnanvaratta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |