kersantti
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Swedish skärsant, an old variant of sergeant.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kersantti
- (military) A military rank in the Finnish defence forces, officially regarded as equivalent to sergeant (in the army and air force) or petty officer second class (in the navy).
- A sergeant or a petty officer.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of kersantti (Kotus type 5*C/risti, tt-t gradation) | ||||
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nominative | kersantti | kersantit | ||
genitive | kersantin | kersanttien | ||
partitive | kersanttia | kersantteja | ||
illative | kersanttiin | kersantteihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | kersantti | kersantit | ||
accusative | nom. | kersantti | kersantit | |
gen. | kersantin | |||
genitive | kersantin | kersanttien | ||
partitive | kersanttia | kersantteja | ||
inessive | kersantissa | kersanteissa | ||
elative | kersantista | kersanteista | ||
illative | kersanttiin | kersantteihin | ||
adessive | kersantilla | kersanteilla | ||
ablative | kersantilta | kersanteilta | ||
allative | kersantille | kersanteille | ||
essive | kersanttina | kersantteina | ||
translative | kersantiksi | kersanteiksi | ||
abessive | kersantitta | kersanteitta | ||
instructive | — | kersantein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “kersantti”, 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 2023-07-02