hertta
See also: Hertta
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Swedish hjärta, after German Herz; hearts were originally a German suit, the exact origin of which is not known.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hertta
- (card games) hearts, heart (playing card suit)
- heart shape (in decorative patterns, etc.)
Declension edit
Inflection of hertta (Kotus type 9*C/kala, tt-t gradation) | ||||
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nominative | hertta | hertat | ||
genitive | hertan | herttojen | ||
partitive | herttaa | herttoja | ||
illative | herttaan | herttoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | hertta | hertat | ||
accusative | nom. | hertta | hertat | |
gen. | hertan | |||
genitive | hertan | herttojen herttainrare | ||
partitive | herttaa | herttoja | ||
inessive | hertassa | hertoissa | ||
elative | hertasta | hertoista | ||
illative | herttaan | herttoihin | ||
adessive | hertalla | hertoilla | ||
ablative | hertalta | hertoilta | ||
allative | hertalle | hertoille | ||
essive | herttana | herttoina | ||
translative | hertaksi | hertoiksi | ||
abessive | hertatta | hertoitta | ||
instructive | — | hertoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
compounds
Descendants edit
- → Ingrian: herttä
See also edit
Suits in Finnish · maa, väri (layout · text) | |||
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hertta | ruutu | pata | risti |
See also edit
- sydän (“heart (in anatomy, etc.)”)
Further reading edit
- “hertta”, 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 2023-07-02