perjantai

Borrowed from Old Swedish frēadagher, from Proto-West Germanic *Frījā dag.

Since Finnish historically lacks f and initial consonant clusters (such as fr), the word was adapted to fit the language's phonological rules. These changes can be imagined as *freja => *preja => *perja. For the -antai ending, compare maanantai (“Monday”) and sunnuntai (“Sunday”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈperjɑntɑi̯/, [ˈpe̞rjɑn̪t̪ɑi̯]

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• Rhymes: -erjɑntɑi
• Syllabification^(key): per‧jan‧tai

perjantai

1. Friday (day of the week; the fifth day of the week in Finland and in the ISO 8601 standard)

• perjantaisin
• pitkäperjantai

• perjantaikappale
• perjantaipullo
• pitkäperjantai

• (abbreviation) pe
• (days of the week) viikonpäivä; maanantai‎, tiistai‎, keskiviikko‎, torstai‎, perjantai‎, lauantai‎, sunnuntai‎ ^{(Category: fi:Days of the week)}