linna
Estonian[edit]
Noun[edit]
linna
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Finnic *litna.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
linna
- castle (fortified building)
- (colloquial) prison, jail, slammer
Usage notes[edit]
Also used as a suffix in the formation of town names.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of linna (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | linna | linnat | ||
genitive | linnan | linnojen | ||
partitive | linnaa | linnoja | ||
illative | linnaan | linnoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | linna | linnat | ||
accusative | nom. | linna | linnat | |
gen. | linnan | |||
genitive | linnan | linnojen linnainrare | ||
partitive | linnaa | linnoja | ||
inessive | linnassa | linnoissa | ||
elative | linnasta | linnoista | ||
illative | linnaan | linnoihin | ||
adessive | linnalla | linnoilla | ||
ablative | linnalta | linnoilta | ||
allative | linnalle | linnoille | ||
essive | linnana | linnoina | ||
translative | linnaksi | linnoiksi | ||
instructive | — | linnoin | ||
abessive | linnatta | linnoitta | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- "linna" in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish).
Anagrams[edit]
Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse linna, from Proto-Germanic *linnaną (“to move aside, swerve from, cease”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyh₂- (“to avoid, elude, decline, shrink away from, recede”). Cognate with English dialectal lin.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
linna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative linnti, supine linnt)
- (intransitive or impersonal) to stop, to abate
Conjugation[edit]
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að linna | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
linnt | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
linnandi | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég linni | við linnum | present (nútíð) |
ég linni | við linnum |
þú linnir | þið linnið | þú linnir | þið linnið | ||
hann, hún, það linnir | þeir, þær, þau linna | hann, hún, það linni | þeir, þær, þau linni | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég linnti | við linntum | past (þátíð) |
ég linnti | við linntum |
þú linntir | þið linntuð | þú linntir | þið linntuð | ||
hann, hún, það linnti | þeir, þær, þau linntu | hann, hún, það linnti | þeir, þær, þau linntu | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
linn (þú) | linnið (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
linntu | linniði * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
Ingrian[edit]

Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Finnic *litna (“town, castle”). Cognates include Finnish linna (“castle”) and Estonian linn (“city”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈlinːɑ/, [ˈlʲinː]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈlʲinːɑ/, [ˈlʲinːɑ]
- Rhymes: -inː, -inːɑ
- Hyphenation: lin‧na
Noun[edit]
linna
- town, city
- 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 47:
- Seel kasvaat meijen linnat nooret.
- There our young cities grow.
- 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 5:
- Möö tovarişşanka jo aikaa laatisimma pioneeroille, kummat seisoit laageriis ei etähääl meijen linnast.
- For a long time, a comrade and I wanted to go to the pioneers, that were camping not far from our city.
Declension[edit]
Declension of linna (type 3/kana, no gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | linna | linnat |
genitive | linnan | linnoin |
partitive | linnaa | linnoja |
illative | linnaa | linnoi |
inessive | linnaas | linnois |
elative | linnast | linnoist |
allative | linnalle | linnoille |
adessive | linnaal | linnoil |
ablative | linnalt | linnoilt |
translative | linnaks | linnoiks |
essive | linnanna, linnaan | linnoinna, linnoin |
exessive1) | linnant | linnoint |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 14
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 267
- Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку[2], →ISBN, page 72
Karelian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Finnic *litna (“town, castle”). Cognates include Finnish linna (“castle”) and Estonian linn (“city”).
Noun[edit]
linna
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
linna f (genitive linnae); first declension
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | linna | linnae |
Genitive | linnae | linnārum |
Dative | linnae | linnīs |
Accusative | linnam | linnās |
Ablative | linnā | linnīs |
Vocative | linna | linnae |
References[edit]
- linna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Old Norse[edit]
Noun[edit]
linna
Sardinian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin ligna, plural of lignum, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-no- (“that which is collected”), from *leǵ-.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
linna m (plural linnas)
- Estonian non-lemma forms
- Estonian noun forms
- Finnish terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/inːɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/inːɑ/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish colloquialisms
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- fi:Buildings
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɪnːa
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɪnːa/2 syllables
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic verbs
- Icelandic weak verbs
- Icelandic intransitive verbs
- Icelandic impersonal verbs
- Ingrian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Ingrian terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Ingrian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Ingrian/inː
- Rhymes:Ingrian/inː/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Ingrian/inːɑ
- Rhymes:Ingrian/inːɑ/2 syllables
- Ingrian lemmas
- Ingrian nouns
- Ingrian terms with quotations
- izh:Polities
- Karelian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Karelian terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Karelian lemmas
- Karelian nouns
- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
- Latin first declension nouns
- Latin feminine nouns in the first declension
- Latin feminine nouns
- la:Clothing
- Old Norse non-lemma forms
- Old Norse noun forms
- Sardinian terms inherited from Latin
- Sardinian terms derived from Latin
- Sardinian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Sardinian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Sardinian lemmas
- Sardinian nouns
- Sardinian masculine nouns