faija

Finnish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From dialectal variant of Swedish fader (father). Compare also Finnish äijä (old man).

Noun

faija

  1. (colloquial) father
    Wanhan waijasi tawalla / Entisen emäsi lailla.[1]

Declension

Inflection of faija (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative faija faijat
genitive faijan faijojen
partitive faijaa faijoja
illative faijaan faijoihin
singular plural
nominative faija faijat
accusative nom. faija faijat
gen. faijan
genitive faijan faijojen
faijainrare
partitive faijaa faijoja
inessive faijassa faijoissa
elative faijasta faijoista
illative faijaan faijoihin
adessive faijalla faijoilla
ablative faijalta faijoilta
allative faijalle faijoille
essive faijana faijoina
translative faijaksi faijoiksi
instructive faijoin
abessive faijatta faijoitta
comitative faijoineen

Synonyms

See also

References

  1. Sanan Saattaja Wiipurista, 18.07.1840, nro 29, s. 2 https://digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi/sanomalehti/binding/415742?page=2
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