matroona
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
matroona
- (historical) A housewife in ancient Rome.
- matron (woman with staid or motherly manners)
Usage notes edit
- This term has a slightly humorous and disparaging air about it in Finnish.
Declension edit
Inflection of matroona (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | matroona | matroonat | ||
genitive | matroonan | matroonien | ||
partitive | matroonaa | matroonia | ||
illative | matroonaan | matrooniin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | matroona | matroonat | ||
accusative | nom. | matroona | matroonat | |
gen. | matroonan | |||
genitive | matroonan | matroonien matroonainrare | ||
partitive | matroonaa | matroonia | ||
inessive | matroonassa | matroonissa | ||
elative | matroonasta | matroonista | ||
illative | matroonaan | matrooniin | ||
adessive | matroonalla | matroonilla | ||
ablative | matroonalta | matroonilta | ||
allative | matroonalle | matroonille | ||
essive | matroonana | matroonina | ||
translative | matroonaksi | matrooniksi | ||
abessive | matroonatta | matroonitta | ||
instructive | — | matroonin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading edit
- “matroona”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03