varjo
Finnish
Etymology
A loan from Proto-Germanic *warjōn or *warjaną (whence Finnish varjella), cognate with Swedish värja (“to defend”). Compare Estonian vari, Livonian vōŕ.
Declension
| Inflection of varjo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | varjo | varjot | |
| genitive | varjon | varjojen | |
| partitive | varjoa | varjoja | |
| illative | varjoon | varjoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | varjo | varjot | |
| accusative | nom. | varjo | varjot |
| gen. | varjon | ||
| genitive | varjon | varjojen | |
| partitive | varjoa | varjoja | |
| inessive | varjossa | varjoissa | |
| elative | varjosta | varjoista | |
| illative | varjoon | varjoihin | |
| adessive | varjolla | varjoilla | |
| ablative | varjolta | varjoilta | |
| allative | varjolle | varjoille | |
| essive | varjona | varjoina | |
| translative | varjoksi | varjoiksi | |
| instructive | — | varjoin | |
| abessive | varjotta | varjoitta | |
| comitative | — | varjoineen | |
Idioms
- jättää varjoonsa = to dwarf
- genitive + varjolla = under the pretext of
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