joulu

Finnish

(index jo)

Etymology

From North Germanic, compare Swedish jul and English Yule. An earlier loan from the same source is juhla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjou̯lu/, [ˈjo̞u̯lu]

Noun

joulu

  1. Christmas

Declension

Inflection of joulu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative joulu joulut
genitive joulun joulujen
partitive joulua jouluja
illative jouluun jouluihin
singular plural
nominative joulu joulut
accusative nom. joulu joulut
gen. joulun
genitive joulun joulujen
partitive joulua jouluja
inessive joulussa jouluissa
elative joulusta jouluista
illative jouluun jouluihin
adessive joululla jouluilla
ablative joululta jouluilta
allative joululle jouluille
essive jouluna jouluina
translative jouluksi jouluiksi
instructive jouluin
abessive joulutta jouluitta
comitative jouluineen

Derived terms

Compounds

Noun

joulu

  1. Abbreviation of joulukuu (December).

Anagrams


Ingrian

Etymology

From early Old Norse jól, from Proto-Germanic *jehwlą, compare Faroese jól and English Yule. An earlier loan from the same source are Finnish juhla and joulu.

Noun

joulu (genitive joulun, partitive joulua)

  1. Christmas

Declension

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