Sänkyä

Sänkyä is the partitive singular form of the Finnish noun sänky, which means a bed. A sänky refers to a piece of furniture designed for sleeping, typically including a frame and a mattress.

In Finnish, sänky is declined like other nouns. The nominative singular is sänky, the genitive singular is sängyn, and the partitive singular is sänkyä. The form sänkyä is used when the bed is an indefinite object or when the sentence requires the partitive case, for example: Tarvitsen sänkyä (I need a bed). The use of the partitive is common after verbs that describe needs, wants, or non-specific quantities, and it also appears in negations and certain constructions.

Sänky is often contrasted with vuode, another Finnish term related to sleeping. Vuode is a broader concept that can refer to the sleeping place or to a bed more generally, while sänky more specifically denotes the physical bed furniture.

Origin and related forms: the word sänky is borrowed from Swedish säng, which itself derives from older Germanic roots such as Old Norse seng/ sengr. The term has cognates across Germanic languages and remains the standard Finnish word for the bed as furniture.

See also: vuode; makuualue; sekä common furniture terminology in Finnish. Sänky forms are typically used in everyday language to describe sleeping arrangements, bedding, and interior design.