Varsinais-Suomi
Finnish
Etymology
varsinainen (“proper”) + Suomi (“Finland”), named so because Suomi originally referred to this region and only later to the entire country.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋɑrsinɑi̯sˌsuo̯mi/, [ˈʋɑrs̠inɑi̯s̠ˌs̠uo̞̯mi]
- Rhymes: -uomi
- Syllabification(key): var‧si‧nais‧suo‧mi
Proper noun
Varsinais-Suomi
- Southwest Finland, "Finland Proper"; a province (maakunta) of Finland.
Declension
| Inflection of Varsinais-Suomi (Kotus type 7/ovi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Varsinais-Suomi | — | |
| genitive | Varsinais-Suomen | — | |
| partitive | Varsinais-Suomea | — | |
| illative | Varsinais-Suomeen | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Varsinais-Suomi | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Varsinais-Suomi | — |
| gen. | Varsinais-Suomen | ||
| genitive | Varsinais-Suomen | — | |
| partitive | Varsinais-Suomea | — | |
| inessive | Varsinais-Suomessa | — | |
| elative | Varsinais-Suomesta | — | |
| illative | Varsinais-Suomeen | — | |
| adessive | Varsinais-Suomella | — | |
| ablative | Varsinais-Suomelta | — | |
| allative | Varsinais-Suomelle | — | |
| essive | Varsinais-Suomena | — | |
| translative | Varsinais-Suomeksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Varsinais-Suometta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of Varsinais-Suomi (type ovi) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Varsinais-Suomeni | Varsinais-Suomemme |
| 2nd person | Varsinais-Suomesi | Varsinais-Suomenne |
| 3rd person | Varsinais-Suomensa | |