lupa – Finnish noun declension

Finnish noun forms of lupa

Noun type: 47

Characteristics

Singular

Nominativelupa
Partitivelupa
Genetivelupa
Accusativelupa
Inessivelupa
Elativelupa
Illativelupa
Adessivelupa
Ablativelupa
Allativelupa
Essivelupa
Translativelupa
Abessivelupa

Plural

Nominativelupa
Partitivelupa
Genetivelupa; lupa
Accusativelupa
Inessivelupa
Elativelupa
Illativelupa; lupa
Adessivelupa
Ablativelupa
Allativelupa
Essivelupa
Translativelupa
Abessivelupa
Instructivelupa
Comitativelupa

Sample Sentences

  • Minulla on lupa olla poissa koulusta tänään. (I have permission to be absent from the school today.)
  • Minulla on lupa ampumiseen. (I have permission to shoot.)
  • valituslupa (leave to appeal)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lupa (compare Estonian luba), borrowed from Proto-Norse [Term?] or earlier Proto-Germanic *lubą (“praise”) (compare Old Norse lof (“praise, permission”), Swedish lov (“permission; praise”)). Attested since the time of Mikael Agricola (output c. 1543–1552). See: Old Norse Nouns 'lof', Swedish Nouns 'lov'.