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eduskunta
eduskunta
See also: Eduskunta
Finnish
(index ed)
Noun
eduskunta
- The Finnish Parliament.
- (by extension) Any parliament.
Declension
| Inflection of eduskunta (Kotus type 10/koira, nt-nn gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | eduskunta | eduskunnat | |
| genitive | eduskunnan | eduskuntien | |
| partitive | eduskuntaa | eduskuntia | |
| illative | eduskuntaan | eduskuntiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | eduskunta | eduskunnat | |
| accusative | nom. | eduskunta | eduskunnat |
| gen. | eduskunnan | ||
| genitive | eduskunnan | eduskuntien eduskuntainrare |
|
| partitive | eduskuntaa | eduskuntia | |
| inessive | eduskunnassa | eduskunnissa | |
| elative | eduskunnasta | eduskunnista | |
| illative | eduskuntaan | eduskuntiin | |
| adessive | eduskunnalla | eduskunnilla | |
| ablative | eduskunnalta | eduskunnilta | |
| allative | eduskunnalle | eduskunnille | |
| essive | eduskuntana | eduskuntina | |
| translative | eduskunnaksi | eduskunniksi | |
| instructive | — | eduskunnin | |
| abessive | eduskunnatta | eduskunnitta | |
| comitative | — | eduskuntineen | |
Usage notes
- eduskunta is always decapitalized in Finnish, even when it is referring to the Finnish Parliament.
- the parliaments of other countries are often called by a name derived from their names in their original languages, also decapitalized.
Synonyms
- (parliaments of other countries): duuma (Russia), knesset (Israel), kongressi (USA), liittopäivät (Germany), parlamentti (UK), riigikogu (Estonia), sejm (Poland), valtiopäivät (Sweden)