valtti
Finnish
Etymology
Most likely from Swedish valt, the supine of välja (“to choose, elect”), as in many card games the trump suit is nominated. Has also been compared with archaic Norwegian velt and Danish vælt, with dialectal variant valt in the latter, both ultimately from Old Norse velta (“to roll over, turn over”).
Pronunciation
Noun
valtti
- (card games) trump
- (figuratively) trump, advantage (especially one held in reserve)
Declension
Inflection of valtti (Kotus type 5*C/risti, tt-t gradation) | ||||
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nominative | valtti | valtit | ||
genitive | valtin | valttien | ||
partitive | valttia | valtteja | ||
illative | valttiin | valtteihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | valtti | valtit | ||
accusative | nom. | valtti | valtit | |
gen. | valtin | |||
genitive | valtin | valttien | ||
partitive | valttia | valtteja | ||
inessive | valtissa | valteissa | ||
elative | valtista | valteista | ||
illative | valttiin | valtteihin | ||
adessive | valtilla | valteilla | ||
ablative | valtilta | valteilta | ||
allative | valtille | valteille | ||
essive | valttina | valtteina | ||
translative | valtiksi | valteiksi | ||
abessive | valtitta | valteitta | ||
instructive | — | valtein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
- (card games): valttimaa