sotaherra
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From sota (“war”) + herra (“lord”). Compare Swedish fältherre, German Feldherr (both literally "field lord").
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sotaherra
- warlord (local ruler or bandit leader where the government is weak)
- (derogatory) any high military officer
Declension[edit]
Inflection 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 sotaherrainrare | ||
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