laji
See also: lājī
Finnish
(index la)
Etymology
From Old Swedish slagh, compare Swedish slag (“kind, sort”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɑji/, [ˈlɑji]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɑji
- Hyphenation: la‧ji
Noun
laji
- kind, sort
- Minkä lajin mies hän on?
- What kind of man is he?
- Minkä lajin mies hän on?
- (biology, taxonomy) species
- uusi lintulaji
- a new bird species
- uusi lintulaji
- (sports) sport (certain type of sport, such as football or javelin, as opposed to sports in general)
- Lajejani ovat jääkiekko ja jalkapallo.
- My sports are ice hockey and soccer.
- Lajejani ovat jääkiekko ja jalkapallo.
- genre
Declension
| Inflection of laji (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | laji | lajit | |
| genitive | lajin | lajien | |
| partitive | lajia | lajeja | |
| illative | lajiin | lajeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | laji | lajit | |
| accusative | nom. | laji | lajit |
| gen. | lajin | ||
| genitive | lajin | lajien | |
| partitive | lajia | lajeja | |
| inessive | lajissa | lajeissa | |
| elative | lajista | lajeista | |
| illative | lajiin | lajeihin | |
| adessive | lajilla | lajeilla | |
| ablative | lajilta | lajeilta | |
| allative | lajille | lajeille | |
| essive | lajina | lajeina | |
| translative | lajiksi | lajeiksi | |
| instructive | — | lajein | |
| abessive | lajitta | lajeitta | |
| comitative | — | lajeineen | |
Synonyms
- (kind): -lainen
- (sport): urheilulaji
Compounds
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