jousi – Finnish noun declension

Finnish noun forms of jousi

Noun type: 26

Characteristics

Singular

Nominativejousi
Partitivejousta
Genetivejousen
Accusativejousen
Inessivejousessa
Elativejousesta
Illativejouseen
Adessivejousella
Ablativejouselta
Allativejouselle
Essivejousena
Translativejouseksi
Abessivejousetta

Plural

Nominativejouset
Partitivejousia
Genetivejousten; jousien
Accusativejouset
Inessivejousissa
Elativejousista
Illativejousiin
Adessivejousilla
Ablativejousilta
Allativejousille
Essivejousina
Translativejousiksi
Abessivejousitta
Instructivejousin
Comitativejousine

Sample Sentences

Etymology

1. From Proto-Finnic *jousi (“bow”), from Proto-Uralic *joŋse (compare Erzya ёнкс (jonks, “bow”), Northern Mansi ё̄вт (jōvt, “bow”), Hungarian íj (“bow”), Tundra Nenets ӈын (ŋin°)).
2. * (unit of taxation): Supposedly originally a tax based on the number of men who were strong enough to cock a crossbow (later taken as any man at least 15 years of age) in a household. See: Hungarian Nouns 'íj'.

Verbs referencing "jousi"

Hungarian Nouns íj.