osakunta
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
osa + kunta. Coined by Finnish explorer, historian and author Carl Axel Gottlund in 1828.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
osakunta
- nation, student nation (organization of students at a university, gathering students who originate from the same region; historical in most countries, but still active in some old universities of Finland and Sweden; somewhat similar to fraternities in the United States and colleges in the United Kingdom)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of osakunta (Kotus type 10*J/koira, nt-nn gradation) | ||||
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nominative | osakunta | osakunnat | ||
genitive | osakunnan | osakuntien | ||
partitive | osakuntaa | osakuntia | ||
illative | osakuntaan | osakuntiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | osakunta | osakunnat | ||
accusative | nom. | osakunta | osakunnat | |
gen. | osakunnan | |||
genitive | osakunnan | osakuntien osakuntainrare | ||
partitive | osakuntaa | osakuntia | ||
inessive | osakunnassa | osakunnissa | ||
elative | osakunnasta | osakunnista | ||
illative | osakuntaan | osakuntiin | ||
adessive | osakunnalla | osakunnilla | ||
ablative | osakunnalta | osakunnilta | ||
allative | osakunnalle | osakunnille | ||
essive | osakuntana | osakuntina | ||
translative | osakunnaksi | osakunniksi | ||
abessive | osakunnatta | osakunnitta | ||
instructive | — | osakunnin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
Further reading[edit]
- “osakunta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03