viina
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *viina, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *wīną.
Noun
viina
- liquor (US), spirits (UK, Aus, NZ) (distilled alcoholic beverage)
- brandy (brandy made of fermented fruit juice, usually with a modifier that specifies the raw material)
- hedelmäviina ― fruit brandy
- luumuviina ― plum brandy
- kirsikkaviina ― kirsch (exception)
- kirsikkalikööri ― cherry brandy (exception)
- booze (any alcoholic beverage)
Usage notes
- A brandy that is made of grapes is called brandy in Finnish.
Declension
| Inflection of viina (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | viina | viinat | |
| genitive | viinan | viinojen | |
| partitive | viinaa | viinoja | |
| illative | viinaan | viinoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | viina | viinat | |
| accusative | nom. | viina | viinat |
| gen. | viinan | ||
| genitive | viinan | viinojen viinainrare | |
| partitive | viinaa | viinoja | |
| inessive | viinassa | viinoissa | |
| elative | viinasta | viinoista | |
| illative | viinaan | viinoihin | |
| adessive | viinalla | viinoilla | |
| ablative | viinalta | viinoilta | |
| allative | viinalle | viinoille | |
| essive | viinana | viinoina | |
| translative | viinaksi | viinoiksi | |
| instructive | — | viinoin | |
| abessive | viinatta | viinoitta | |
| comitative | — | viinoineen | |
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