lauantai

Finnish

Etymology

From earlier *laugantaki (compare dialectal lauvantaki), borrowed from Old Norse laugardagr. Estonian laupäev, Votic laukopäive, Ingrian laukopäivä are from the same origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑu̯ɑntɑi̯/, [ˈlɑ̝u̯ɑ̝n̪t̪ɑ̝i̯]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑuɑntɑi
  • Syllabification(key): lau‧an‧tai

Noun

day of the week
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lauantai

  1. Saturday (day of the week; the sixth day of the week in Finland and in the ISO 8601 standard)

Declension

Inflection of lauantai (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative lauantai lauantait
genitive lauantain lauantaiden
lauantaitten
partitive lauantaita lauantaita
illative lauantaihin lauantaihin
singular plural
nominative lauantai lauantait
accusative nom. lauantai lauantait
gen. lauantain
genitive lauantain lauantaiden
lauantaitten
partitive lauantaita lauantaita
inessive lauantaissa lauantaissa
elative lauantaista lauantaista
illative lauantaihin lauantaihin
adessive lauantailla lauantailla
ablative lauantailta lauantailta
allative lauantaille lauantaille
essive lauantaina lauantaina
translative lauantaiksi lauantaiksi
abessive lauantaitta lauantaitta
instructive lauantain
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of lauantai (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative lauantaini lauantaini
accusative nom. lauantaini lauantaini
gen. lauantaini
genitive lauantaini lauantaideni
lauantaitteni
partitive lauantaitani lauantaitani
inessive lauantaissani lauantaissani
elative lauantaistani lauantaistani
illative lauantaihini lauantaihini
adessive lauantaillani lauantaillani
ablative lauantailtani lauantailtani
allative lauantailleni lauantailleni
essive lauantainani lauantainani
translative lauantaikseni lauantaikseni
abessive lauantaittani lauantaittani
instructive
comitative lauantaineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative lauantaisi lauantaisi
accusative nom. lauantaisi lauantaisi
gen. lauantaisi
genitive lauantaisi lauantaidesi
lauantaittesi
partitive lauantaitasi lauantaitasi
inessive lauantaissasi lauantaissasi
elative lauantaistasi lauantaistasi
illative lauantaihisi lauantaihisi
adessive lauantaillasi lauantaillasi
ablative lauantailtasi lauantailtasi
allative lauantaillesi lauantaillesi
essive lauantainasi lauantainasi
translative lauantaiksesi lauantaiksesi
abessive lauantaittasi lauantaittasi
instructive
comitative lauantainesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative lauantaimme lauantaimme
accusative nom. lauantaimme lauantaimme
gen. lauantaimme
genitive lauantaimme lauantaidemme
lauantaittemme
partitive lauantaitamme lauantaitamme
inessive lauantaissamme lauantaissamme
elative lauantaistamme lauantaistamme
illative lauantaihimme lauantaihimme
adessive lauantaillamme lauantaillamme
ablative lauantailtamme lauantailtamme
allative lauantaillemme lauantaillemme
essive lauantainamme lauantainamme
translative lauantaiksemme lauantaiksemme
abessive lauantaittamme lauantaittamme
instructive
comitative lauantainemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative lauantainne lauantainne
accusative nom. lauantainne lauantainne
gen. lauantainne
genitive lauantainne lauantaidenne
lauantaittenne
partitive lauantaitanne lauantaitanne
inessive lauantaissanne lauantaissanne
elative lauantaistanne lauantaistanne
illative lauantaihinne lauantaihinne
adessive lauantaillanne lauantaillanne
ablative lauantailtanne lauantailtanne
allative lauantaillenne lauantaillenne
essive lauantainanne lauantainanne
translative lauantaiksenne lauantaiksenne
abessive lauantaittanne lauantaittanne
instructive
comitative lauantainenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative lauantainsa lauantainsa
accusative nom. lauantainsa lauantainsa
gen. lauantainsa
genitive lauantainsa lauantaidensa
lauantaittensa
partitive lauantaitaan
lauantaitansa
lauantaitaan
lauantaitansa
inessive lauantaissaan
lauantaissansa
lauantaissaan
lauantaissansa
elative lauantaistaan
lauantaistansa
lauantaistaan
lauantaistansa
illative lauantaihinsa lauantaihinsa
adessive lauantaillaan
lauantaillansa
lauantaillaan
lauantaillansa
ablative lauantailtaan
lauantailtansa
lauantailtaan
lauantailtansa
allative lauantailleen
lauantaillensa
lauantailleen
lauantaillensa
essive lauantainaan
lauantainansa
lauantainaan
lauantainansa
translative lauantaikseen
lauantaiksensa
lauantaikseen
lauantaiksensa
abessive lauantaittaan
lauantaittansa
lauantaittaan
lauantaittansa
instructive
comitative lauantaineen
lauantainensa

Derived terms

compounds

Descendants

  • Kven: lauvantai
  • Ingrian: lavvantaki (from dialectal lauvantaki)

See also

Further reading

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