jalopeura
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See also: Jalopeura
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compound of jalo (“noble, i.e., king of the beasts”) + peura (“deer; in a primitive sense, any beast of the forest”); one of the many words first known to have been written down by Mikael Agricola when translating the New Testament to Finnish in 16th century.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
jalopeura (archaic)
- (biblical) lion
- 1933/1938, Pyhä Raamattu [The Holy Bible], Helsinki: Suomen Pipliaseura, Pietarin ensimmäinen kirje (1 Peter) 5:8:
- Teidän vastustajanne, perkele, käy ympäri niinkuin kiljuva jalopeura, etsien, kenen hän saisi niellä
- (...) your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour
Usage notes[edit]
Often used together with the epithet kiljuva, as it appeared in the Finnish Bible up to the 1938 translation.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of jalopeura (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | jalopeura | jalopeurat | ||
genitive | jalopeuran | jalopeurojen | ||
partitive | jalopeuraa | jalopeuroja | ||
illative | jalopeuraan | jalopeuroihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | jalopeura | jalopeurat | ||
accusative | nom. | jalopeura | jalopeurat | |
gen. | jalopeuran | |||
genitive | jalopeuran | jalopeurojen jalopeurainrare | ||
partitive | jalopeuraa | jalopeuroja | ||
inessive | jalopeurassa | jalopeuroissa | ||
elative | jalopeurasta | jalopeuroista | ||
illative | jalopeuraan | jalopeuroihin | ||
adessive | jalopeuralla | jalopeuroilla | ||
ablative | jalopeuralta | jalopeuroilta | ||
allative | jalopeuralle | jalopeuroille | ||
essive | jalopeurana | jalopeuroina | ||
translative | jalopeuraksi | jalopeuroiksi | ||
abessive | jalopeuratta | jalopeuroitta | ||
instructive | — | jalopeuroin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “jalopeura”, 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