veljekset

Finnish

Etymology

From veli (brother).

Noun

veljekset

  1. brothers (collective term for people who are each other's brothers)
    Kaikki veljekset ovat tänään paikalla.
    All the brothers are present today.

Usage notes

This term is used only of family, i.e. not of brothers through a brotherhood, in which case the correct term is veljet, plural of veli (brother).

Declension

Inflection of veljekset (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative veljekset
genitive veljesten
veljeksien
partitive veljeksiä
illative veljeksiin
singular plural
nominative veljekset
accusative nom. veljekset
gen.
genitive veljesten
veljeksien
partitive veljeksiä
inessive veljeksissä
elative veljeksistä
illative veljeksiin
adessive veljeksillä
ablative veljeksiltä
allative veljeksille
essive veljeksinä
translative veljeksiksi
instructive veljeksin
abessive veljeksittä
comitative veljeksineen
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