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 | — | linnoineen |
Possessive forms of linna (type kala) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | linnani | linnamme |
2nd person | linnasi | linnanne |
3rd person | linnansa |
Derived terms[edit]
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]
Noun[edit]
linna (genitive linnan, partitive linnaa)
References[edit]
- Vitalij Chernyavskij, Ižoran keel (Ittseopastaja)[1], 2005
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, Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, 1934
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