veljekset
Finnish
Etymology
From veli (“brother”).
Noun
veljekset
- brothers (collective term for people who are each other's brothers)
- Kaikki veljekset ovat tänään paikalla.
- All the brothers are present today.
- Kaikki veljekset ovat tänään paikalla.
Usage notes
This term is used only of family, i.e. not of brothers through a brotherhood, in which case the correct term is veljet, plural of veli (“brother”).
Declension
| Inflection of veljekset (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | veljekset | |
| genitive | — | veljesten veljeksien | |
| partitive | — | veljeksiä | |
| illative | — | veljeksiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | — | veljekset | |
| accusative | nom. | — | veljekset |
| gen. | — | ||
| genitive | — | veljesten veljeksien | |
| partitive | — | veljeksiä | |
| inessive | — | veljeksissä | |
| elative | — | veljeksistä | |
| illative | — | veljeksiin | |
| adessive | — | veljeksillä | |
| ablative | — | veljeksiltä | |
| allative | — | veljeksille | |
| essive | — | veljeksinä | |
| translative | — | veljeksiksi | |
| instructive | — | veljeksin | |
| abessive | — | veljeksittä | |
| comitative | — | veljeksineen | |
Related terms
- sisarukset
- siskokset