asianajaja
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]asianajaja
- (law) attorney-at-law, barrister (lawyer who is a member of the Bar Association)
- (informal) advocate (person who argues the case of another)
- paholaisen asianajaja
- Devil's advocate
Usage notes
[edit]In Finland the use of asianajaja as a professional title is restricted to members of the Finnish Bar Association, which uses the unofficial English translation "attorney-at-law". A lawyer is not legally required to be a member of the Bar Association to act as counsel for a party in a court.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of asianajaja (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | asianajaja | asianajajat | ||
genitive | asianajajan | asianajajien | ||
partitive | asianajajaa | asianajajia | ||
illative | asianajajaan | asianajajiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | asianajaja | asianajajat | ||
accusative | nom. | asianajaja | asianajajat | |
gen. | asianajajan | |||
genitive | asianajajan | asianajajien asianajajain rare | ||
partitive | asianajajaa | asianajajia | ||
inessive | asianajajassa | asianajajissa | ||
elative | asianajajasta | asianajajista | ||
illative | asianajajaan | asianajajiin | ||
adessive | asianajajalla | asianajajilla | ||
ablative | asianajajalta | asianajajilta | ||
allative | asianajajalle | asianajajille | ||
essive | asianajajana | asianajajina | ||
translative | asianajajaksi | asianajajiksi | ||
abessive | asianajajatta | asianajajitta | ||
instructive | — | asianajajin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Related terms
[edit]- juristi (attorney)
- lakimies (attorney)
- asianajo (advocacy)
- asianajotoimisto (law office)
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “asianajaja”, 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