roima
Estonian edit
Noun edit
roima
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Possibly a back-formation of roimata, roimia (“to beat, pound, thresh, slam, strike”), with influence from reilu, reipas, rohkea. Could have originally meant "hefty, strong", which is found in dialects, especially for the derived roimakka.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
roima (comparative roimempi, superlative roimin)
Declension edit
Inflection of roima (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | roima | roimat | |
genitive | roiman | roimien | |
partitive | roimaa | roimia | |
illative | roimaan | roimiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | roima | roimat | |
accusative | nom. | roima | roimat |
gen. | roiman | ||
genitive | roiman | roimien roimainrare | |
partitive | roimaa | roimia | |
inessive | roimassa | roimissa | |
elative | roimasta | roimista | |
illative | roimaan | roimiin | |
adessive | roimalla | roimilla | |
ablative | roimalta | roimilta | |
allative | roimalle | roimille | |
essive | roimana | roimina | |
translative | roimaksi | roimiksi | |
abessive | roimatta | roimitta | |
instructive | — | roimin | |
comitative | — | roimine |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “roima”, 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