malja
See also: Malja
Finnish
Etymology
Akin to Karelian mallju, Ludian mall' and Veps mal'l'.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: mal‧ja
- Rhymes: -ɑljɑ
- IPA(key): [ˈmɑljɑ]
Noun
malja
- bowl (hemispherical container)
- goblet, cup (drinking vessel with a foot and stem)
- Sinä valmistat minulle pöydän minun vihollisteni silmien eteen. Sinä voitelet minun pääni öljyllä; minun maljani on ylitsevuotavainen. (Psalmit 23:5)
- Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. (Psalms 23:5, KJV)
- cup (type of trophy)
- cup (tarot suit)
- cup (that which is to be received or endured)
- A serving of (usually) alcoholic drink, especially when drunk for friendship or someones's health.
- juoda jonkun malja ― to pledge
- Haluaisitteko juoda maljani, herra?
- Will you be so good as to pledge me, sir?
- font; chiefly in kastemalja (“baptismal font”)
Declension
| Inflection of malja (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | malja | maljat | |
| genitive | maljan | maljojen | |
| partitive | maljaa | maljoja | |
| illative | maljaan | maljoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | malja | maljat | |
| accusative | nom. | malja | maljat |
| gen. | maljan | ||
| genitive | maljan | maljojen maljainrare | |
| partitive | maljaa | maljoja | |
| inessive | maljassa | maljoissa | |
| elative | maljasta | maljoista | |
| illative | maljaan | maljoihin | |
| adessive | maljalla | maljoilla | |
| ablative | maljalta | maljoilta | |
| allative | maljalle | maljoille | |
| essive | maljana | maljoina | |
| translative | maljaksi | maljoiksi | |
| instructive | — | maljoin | |
| abessive | maljatta | maljoitta | |
| comitative | — | maljoineen | |
Compounds
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