umpikuja
Finnish
editEtymology
editumpi- (“closed”) + kuja (“alley”)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editumpikuja
- blind alley, dead-end, dead end, cul-de-sac, impasse (road or situation)
Declension
edit| Inflection of umpikuja (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | umpikuja | umpikujat | |
| genitive | umpikujan | umpikujien | |
| partitive | umpikujaa | umpikujia | |
| illative | umpikujaan | umpikujiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | umpikuja | umpikujat | |
| accusative | nom. | umpikuja | umpikujat |
| gen. | umpikujan | ||
| genitive | umpikujan | umpikujien umpikujain rare | |
| partitive | umpikujaa | umpikujia | |
| inessive | umpikujassa | umpikujissa | |
| elative | umpikujasta | umpikujista | |
| illative | umpikujaan | umpikujiin | |
| adessive | umpikujalla | umpikujilla | |
| ablative | umpikujalta | umpikujilta | |
| allative | umpikujalle | umpikujille | |
| essive | umpikujana | umpikujina | |
| translative | umpikujaksi | umpikujiksi | |
| abessive | umpikujatta | umpikujitta | |
| instructive | — | umpikujin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
edit- “umpikuja”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04