edunvalvoja

Finnish

Etymology

edun (“of interest”) +‎ valvoja (“watcher, caretaker”)

Noun

edunvalvoja

  1. (law) guardian (person legally responsible for a minor or incompetent person)
  2. (law) trustee (one who is intrusted with property for the benefit of another)
  3. guardian of interests (one who guards, watches over, or protects someone's interests)
    Ammattiyhdistys on palkansaajien edunvalvoja.
    A trade union is the guardian of wage-earners' interests.

Declension
Inflection of edunvalvoja (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative edunvalvoja edunvalvojat
genitive edunvalvojan edunvalvojien
partitive edunvalvojaa edunvalvojia
illative edunvalvojaan edunvalvojiin
singular plural
nominative edunvalvoja edunvalvojat
accusative nom. edunvalvoja edunvalvojat
gen. edunvalvojan
genitive edunvalvojan edunvalvojien
edunvalvojainrare
partitive edunvalvojaa edunvalvojia
inessive edunvalvojassa edunvalvojissa
elative edunvalvojasta edunvalvojista
illative edunvalvojaan edunvalvojiin
adessive edunvalvojalla edunvalvojilla
ablative edunvalvojalta edunvalvojilta
allative edunvalvojalle edunvalvojille
essive edunvalvojana edunvalvojina
translative edunvalvojaksi edunvalvojiksi
instructive — edunvalvojin
abessive edunvalvojatta edunvalvojitta
comitative — edunvalvojineen

Synonyms
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