hertta
Appearance
Finnish
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Swedish hjärta, after German Herz; hearts were originally a German suit, the exact origin of which is not known.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈhertːɑ/, [ˈhe̞rt̪ːɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ertːɑ
- Syllabification(key): hert‧ta
- Hyphenation(key): hert‧ta
Noun
[edit]hertta
- (card games) hearts, heart (playing card suit)
- heart shape (in decorative patterns, etc.)
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of hertta (Kotus type 9*C/kala, tt-t gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | hertta | hertat | |
| genitive | hertan | herttojen | |
| partitive | herttaa | herttoja | |
| illative | herttaan | herttoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | hertta | hertat | |
| accusative | nom. | hertta | hertat |
| gen. | hertan | ||
| genitive | hertan | herttojen herttain rare | |
| partitive | herttaa | herttoja | |
| inessive | hertassa | hertoissa | |
| elative | hertasta | hertoista | |
| illative | herttaan | herttoihin | |
| adessive | hertalla | hertoilla | |
| ablative | hertalta | hertoilta | |
| allative | hertalle | hertoille | |
| essive | herttana | herttoina | |
| translative | hertaksi | hertoiksi | |
| abessive | hertatta | hertoitta | |
| instructive | — | hertoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
- hertta-akka
- herttajätkä
- herttakakkonen
- herttakasi
- herttakolmonen
- herttakortti
- herttakuningas
- herttakuningatar
- herttakunkku
- herttakurko
- herttakuutonen
- herttakymppi
- herttaköynnös
- herttalyhty
- herttanelonen
- herttarouva
- herttaseiska
- herttasotamies
- herttasotilas
- herttaviitonen
- herttavitonen
- herttaysi
- herttaässä
- vastaherttamainen
- vastoherttainen
Descendants
[edit]- → Ingrian: herttä
See also
[edit]| Suits in Finnish · maa, väri (layout · text) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| hertta | ruutu | pata | risti |
See also
[edit]- sydän (“heart (in anatomy, etc.)”)
Further reading
[edit]- “hertta”, 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 2 July 2023
Categories:
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Finnish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱerd-
- Finnish terms borrowed from Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from German
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ertːɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/ertːɑ/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- fi:Card games
- Finnish kala-type nominals