sankari
See also: Sankari
Finnish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈsɑŋkɑri/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝ŋkɑ̝ri]
- Rhymes: -ɑŋkɑri
- Syllabification(key): san‧ka‧ri
- Hyphenation(key): san‧ka‧ri
Etymology 1
[edit]Probably borrowed from Old Swedish sangare (“singer”). Compare with Väinämöinen, the singing hero. Another theory suggests it is derived from the verb sangata or sankailla, ("to resist, to defy, threaten"). Can be related to the words sankka, sakea, sangen (compare voimakas).[1]
Noun
[edit]sankari
Usage notes
[edit]In old usage and regional dialects the word could also have negative connotations, in the sense of tyrant, troublemaker, brawler.[1]
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of sankari (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sankari | sankarit | |
| genitive | sankarin | sankarien sankareiden sankareitten | |
| partitive | sankaria | sankareita sankareja | |
| illative | sankariin | sankareihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | sankari | sankarit | |
| accusative | nom. | sankari | sankarit |
| gen. | sankarin | ||
| genitive | sankarin | sankarien sankareiden sankareitten | |
| partitive | sankaria | sankareita sankareja | |
| inessive | sankarissa | sankareissa | |
| elative | sankarista | sankareista | |
| illative | sankariin | sankareihin | |
| adessive | sankarilla | sankareilla | |
| ablative | sankarilta | sankareilta | |
| allative | sankarille | sankareille | |
| essive | sankarina | sankareina | |
| translative | sankariksi | sankareiksi | |
| abessive | sankaritta | sankareitta | |
| instructive | — | sankarein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Literary/archaic genitive plural: sankarten
Synonyms
[edit]- (hero): sankaritar (heroine), hyvis (colloquial), urho
Antonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]compounds
- antisankari
- elokuvasankari
- hamesankari
- kansallissankari
- kansansankari
- muskelisankari
- naissankari
- nimipäiväsankari
- nyrkkisankari
- olympiasankari
- päivänsankari
- revolverisankari
- romaanisankari
- sankarieepos
- sankarihahmo
- sankarihauta
- sankarihautausmaa
- sankarikoira
- sankarikuolema
- sankarimaine
- sankarimuistomerkki
- sankarinpalvonta
- sankaripalvonta
- sankaripatsas
- sankaripäästäinen
- sankarirooli
- sankariruno
- sankarirunous
- sankaritarina
- sankaritaru
- sankariteko
- sankaritenori
- sankarivainaja
- sarjakuvasankari
- sotasankari
- supersankari
- synttärisankari
- syntymäpäiväsankari
- tarusankari
- tohvelisankari
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- “sankari”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023
Etymology 2
[edit]Possibly from sankari (etymology 1) with the dialectal meaning "strong animal", due to its large size.
Noun
[edit]sankari
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of sankari (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sankari | sankarit | |
| genitive | sankarin | sankarien sankareiden sankareitten | |
| partitive | sankaria | sankareita sankareja | |
| illative | sankariin | sankareihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | sankari | sankarit | |
| accusative | nom. | sankari | sankarit |
| gen. | sankarin | ||
| genitive | sankarin | sankarien sankareiden sankareitten | |
| partitive | sankaria | sankareita sankareja | |
| inessive | sankarissa | sankareissa | |
| elative | sankarista | sankareista | |
| illative | sankariin | sankareihin | |
| adessive | sankarilla | sankareilla | |
| ablative | sankarilta | sankareilta | |
| allative | sankarille | sankareille | |
| essive | sankarina | sankareina | |
| translative | sankariksi | sankareiksi | |
| abessive | sankaritta | sankareitta | |
| instructive | — | sankarein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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