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jama
jama
Finnish
Noun
jama
- A situation or state, especially an unfavourable one; normally used only in inessive, elative and illative singular to express being in, getting out of, or getting into a (bad) situation.
- Yritys A on todella pahassa jamassa.
- Company A is in a really difficult situation.
- Yritys A on todella pahassa jamassa.
Declension
| Inflection of jama (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | jama | jamat | |
| genitive | jaman | jamojen | |
| partitive | jamaa | jamoja | |
| illative | jamaan | jamoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | jama | jamat | |
| accusative | nom. | jama | jamat |
| gen. | jaman | ||
| genitive | jaman | jamojen jamainrare |
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| partitive | jamaa | jamoja | |
| inessive | jamassa | jamoissa | |
| elative | jamasta | jamoista | |
| illative | jamaan | jamoihin | |
| adessive | jamalla | jamoilla | |
| ablative | jamalta | jamoilta | |
| allative | jamalle | jamoille | |
| essive | jamana | jamoina | |
| translative | jamaksi | jamoiksi | |
| instructive | — | jamoin | |
| abessive | jamatta | jamoitta | |
| comitative | — | jamoineen | |
Anagrams
Polish
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *jama
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈja.ma/
Noun
jama f
Declension
declension of jama
Derived terms
- jamisty
- jamowy
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *jama.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jâma/
- Hyphenation: ja‧ma
Noun
jȁma f (Cyrillic spelling ја̏ма)
- excavation, hole, cavity
- Postojnska jama je kraljica svih jama. - The Postojna cave is the queen of all caves.
- hollow, depression
- hole, burrow
Declension
Declension of jama