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Definition 2025
arpajaiset
arpajaiset
Finnish
Noun
arpajaiset pl
- lottery, draw, raffle
- (law) An activity in which the participants pay a fee and by that obtain a partially or fully random possibility to win a prize of monetary value.
Declension
| Inflection of arpajaiset (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | arpajaiset | |
| genitive | — | arpajaisten arpajaisien |
|
| partitive | — | arpajaisia | |
| illative | — | arpajaisiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | — | arpajaiset | |
| accusative | nom. | — | arpajaiset |
| gen. | — | ||
| genitive | — | arpajaisten arpajaisien |
|
| partitive | — | arpajaisia | |
| inessive | — | arpajaisissa | |
| elative | — | arpajaisista | |
| illative | — | arpajaisiin | |
| adessive | — | arpajaisilla | |
| ablative | — | arpajaisilta | |
| allative | — | arpajaisille | |
| essive | — | arpajaisina | |
| translative | — | arpajaisiksi | |
| instructive | — | arpajaisin | |
| abessive | — | arpajaisitta | |
| comitative | — | arpajaisineen | |
Usage notes
The legal definition is understood broadly and it covers some activities which are not called arpajaiset in common language such as vedonlyönti (“betting”) and rahapelit (“gambling”).