sotaherra
Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom sota (“war”) + herra (“lord”). Compare Swedish fältherre, German Feldherr (both literally "field lord").
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsotaherra
- warlord (local ruler or bandit leader where the government is weak)
- (derogatory) any high military officer
Declension
editInflection of sotaherra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | sotaherra | sotaherrat | |
genitive | sotaherran | sotaherrojen | |
partitive | sotaherraa | sotaherroja | |
illative | sotaherraan | sotaherroihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | sotaherra | sotaherrat | |
accusative | nom. | sotaherra | sotaherrat |
gen. | sotaherran | ||
genitive | sotaherran | sotaherrojen sotaherrain rare | |
partitive | sotaherraa | sotaherroja | |
inessive | sotaherrassa | sotaherroissa | |
elative | sotaherrasta | sotaherroista | |
illative | sotaherraan | sotaherroihin | |
adessive | sotaherralla | sotaherroilla | |
ablative | sotaherralta | sotaherroilta | |
allative | sotaherralle | sotaherroille | |
essive | sotaherrana | sotaherroina | |
translative | sotaherraksi | sotaherroiksi | |
abessive | sotaherratta | sotaherroitta | |
instructive | — | sotaherroin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
edit- “sotaherra”, 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 2023-07-03