torstai

== Finnish == === Etymology === Borrowed from North Germanic, probably Old Swedish þōrsdagher; ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *Þunras dag (“day of the thunder god”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtorstɑi̯/, [ˈt̪o̞rs̠tɑ̝i̯] Rhymes: -orstɑi Syllabification(key): tors‧tai Hyphenation(key): tors‧tai === Noun === torstai Thursday (day of the week; the fourth day of the week in Finland and in the ISO 8601 standard) torstaina tupaan kannettiin (from an old rhyme) ― on Thursday, (it) was carried into the main room [referring to the soup made on keskiviikko (“Wednesday”) earlier in the rhyme] ==== Usage notes ==== As with all days of the week in Finnish, the essive case (torstaina) is usually used when talking about what will happen or happened on a Thursday. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Kven: tuorestai ==== See also ==== (abbreviation) to days of the week: viikonpäivä (appendix): maanantai · tiistai · keskiviikko · torstai · perjantai · lauantai · sunnuntai [edit] === References === === Further reading === “torstai”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023 === Anagrams === orsitta