Finnish

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Etymology

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kansalais- (citizens') +‎ sota (war)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑnsɑlɑi̯sˌsotɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝ns̠ɑ̝lɑ̝i̯s̠ˌs̠o̞t̪ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -otɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): kan‧salais‧sota

Noun

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kansalaissota

  1. civil war, especially the Finnish Civil War fought in the spring of 1918

Usage notes

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The Finnish Civil War continues to be a controversial issue among Finns. This is reflected by the fact that as of today there's no final agreement on the name of the conflict. Those who want to emphasize its nature as civil war prefer the term kansalaissota or more ideologically influenced names such as luokkasota ("Class War", used by Reds or their supporters), punakapina ("Red Rebellion", used by Whites or their supporters) or torpparikapina (Crofter Rebellion). Others who emphasize the fact that in the beginning of the war there were still 40,000 Russian troops in the country despite the declaration of independence on December 6th, 1917, prefer the term vapaussota (War of Liberation). Also Suomen sisällissota ("Finnish Civil War", or simply sisällissota), veljessota ("War of Brothers"), vallankumous (revolution) and kapina (rebellion) have their supporters among those who wish to take a "neutral" position. To learn more about this war, see Finnish Civil War in Wikipedia.

Declension

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Inflection of kansalaissota (Kotus type 10*F/koira, t-d gradation)
nominative kansalaissota kansalaissodat
genitive kansalaissodan kansalaissotien
partitive kansalaissotaa kansalaissotia
illative kansalaissotaan kansalaissotiin
singular plural
nominative kansalaissota kansalaissodat
accusative nom. kansalaissota kansalaissodat
gen. kansalaissodan
genitive kansalaissodan kansalaissotien
kansalaissotain rare
partitive kansalaissotaa kansalaissotia
inessive kansalaissodassa kansalaissodissa
elative kansalaissodasta kansalaissodista
illative kansalaissotaan kansalaissotiin
adessive kansalaissodalla kansalaissodilla
ablative kansalaissodalta kansalaissodilta
allative kansalaissodalle kansalaissodille
essive kansalaissotana kansalaissotina
translative kansalaissodaksi kansalaissodiksi
abessive kansalaissodatta kansalaissoditta
instructive kansalaissodin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of kansalaissota (Kotus type 10*F/koira, t-d gradation)

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