jekku
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Potentially from an Old Swedish word corresponding to modern Swedish gäck (“clown”), extracted from sayings such as spela gäck (“to play a joke on someone”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]jekku
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of jekku (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | jekku | jekut | |
| genitive | jekun | jekkujen | |
| partitive | jekkua | jekkuja | |
| illative | jekkuun | jekkuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | jekku | jekut | |
| accusative | nom. | jekku | jekut |
| gen. | jekun | ||
| genitive | jekun | jekkujen | |
| partitive | jekkua | jekkuja | |
| inessive | jekussa | jekuissa | |
| elative | jekusta | jekuista | |
| illative | jekkuun | jekkuihin | |
| adessive | jekulla | jekuilla | |
| ablative | jekulta | jekuilta | |
| allative | jekulle | jekuille | |
| essive | jekkuna | jekkuina | |
| translative | jekuksi | jekuiksi | |
| abessive | jekutta | jekuitta | |
| instructive | — | jekuin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “jekku”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02