sortaa

Finnish

Etymology

From . Cognate with Ingrian sortaa, Karelian sortoa, Ludian sortta and Veps sorta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsortɑːˣ/, [ˈs̠o̞rt̪ɑ̝ː(ʔ)]
• Hyphenation: sor‧taa

Verb

sortaa

1. (transitive) to trample
2. (transitive + partitive) to oppress, persecute, tyrannize, repress, bully

Conjugation

Inflection of sortaa (Kotus type 55*K/soutaa, rt-rr gradation)
indicative mood
present tense				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		sorran	en sorra	1st sing.	olen sortanut	en ole sortanut
2nd sing.		sorrat	et sorra	2nd sing.	olet sortanut	et ole sortanut
3rd sing.		sortaa	ei sorra	3rd sing.	on sortanut	ei ole sortanut
1st plur.		sorramme	emme sorra	1st plur.	olemme sortaneet	emme ole sortaneet
2nd plur.		sorratte	ette sorra	2nd plur.	olette sortaneet	ette ole sortaneet
3rd plur.		sortavat	eivät sorra	3rd plur.	ovat sortaneet	eivät ole sortaneet
passive		sorretaan	ei sorreta	passive	on sorrettu	ei ole sorrettu
past tense				pluperfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		sorrin sorsin	en sortanut	1st sing.	olin sortanut	en ollut sortanut
2nd sing.		sorrit sorsit	et sortanut	2nd sing.	olit sortanut	et ollut sortanut
3rd sing.		sorti sorsi	ei sortanut	3rd sing.	oli sortanut	ei ollut sortanut
1st plur.		sorrimme sorsimme	emme sortaneet	1st plur.	olimme sortaneet	emme olleet sortaneet
2nd plur.		sorritte sorsitte	ette sortaneet	2nd plur.	olitte sortaneet	ette olleet sortaneet
3rd plur.		sortivat sorsivat	eivät sortaneet	3rd plur.	olivat sortaneet	eivät olleet sortaneet
passive		sorrettiin	ei sorrettu	passive	oli sorrettu	ei ollut sorrettu
conditional mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		sortaisin	en sortaisi	1st sing.	olisin sortanut	en olisi sortanut
2nd sing.		sortaisit	et sortaisi	2nd sing.	olisit sortanut	et olisi sortanut
3rd sing.		sortaisi	ei sortaisi	3rd sing.	olisi sortanut	ei olisi sortanut
1st plur.		sortaisimme	emme sortaisi	1st plur.	olisimme sortaneet	emme olisi sortaneet
2nd plur.		sortaisitte	ette sortaisi	2nd plur.	olisitte sortaneet	ette olisi sortaneet
3rd plur.		sortaisivat	eivät sortaisi	3rd plur.	olisivat sortaneet	eivät olisi sortaneet
passive		sorrettaisiin	ei sorrettaisi	passive	olisi sorrettu	ei olisi sorrettu
imperative mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		—	—	1st sing.	—	—
2nd sing.		sorra	älä sorra	2nd sing.	—	—
3rd sing.		sortakoon	älköön sortako	3rd sing.	olkoon sortanut	älköön olko sortanut
1st plur.		sortakaamme	älkäämme sortako	1st plur.	—	—
2nd plur.		sortakaa	älkää sortako	2nd plur.	—	—
3rd plur.		sortakoot	älkööt sortako	3rd plur.	olkoot sortaneet	älkööt olko sortaneet
passive		sorrettakoon	älköön sorrettako	passive	olkoon sorrettu	älköön olko sorrettu
potential mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		sortanen	en sortane	1st sing.	lienen sortanut	en liene sortanut
2nd sing.		sortanet	et sortane	2nd sing.	lienet sortanut	et liene sortanut
3rd sing.		sortanee	ei sortane	3rd sing.	lienee sortanut	ei liene sortanut
1st plur.		sortanemme	emme sortane	1st plur.	lienemme sortaneet	emme liene sortaneet
2nd plur.		sortanette	ette sortane	2nd plur.	lienette sortaneet	ette liene sortaneet
3rd plur.		sortanevat	eivät sortane	3rd plur.	lienevät sortaneet	eivät liene sortaneet
passive		sorrettaneen	ei sorrettane	passive	lienee sorrettu	ei liene sorrettu
Nominal forms
infinitives				participles
		active	passive		active	passive
1st		sortaa		present	sortava	sorrettava
long 1st1		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st sortaakseni sortaaksemme 2nd sortaaksesi sortaaksenne 3rd sortaakseen sortaaksensa		past	sortanut	sorrettu
2nd	inessive2	sortaessa	sorrettaessa	agent3	sortama
		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st sortaessani sortaessamme 2nd sortaessasi sortaessanne 3rd sortaessaan sortaessansa		negative	sortamaton
	instructive	sortaen	—	1) Used only with a possessive suffix. 2) Usually with a possessive suffix (active only). 3) Usually with a possessive suffix. Not used with intransitive verbs. Distinct from nouns with the -ma suffix and third infinitive forms. 4) Some uses of the verbal noun are called the 'fourth infinitive' by certain sources (more details). * The third-person singular indicative form sortaa does not exhibit final gemination, unlike the first infinitive (the lemma form), even though they are spelled identically.
3rd	inessive	sortamassa	—
	elative	sortamasta	—
	illative	sortamaan	—
	adessive	sortamalla	—
	abessive	sortamatta	—
	instructive	sortaman	sorrettaman
4th4	verbal noun	sortaminen
5th1		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st sortamaisillani sortamaisillamme 2nd sortamaisillasi sortamaisillanne 3rd sortamaisillaan sortamaisillansa

Derived terms

• nouns: sortaja, sorto
• verbs: passive sortua

Anagrams

• orasta, saarto, soraat, sorata