naara
See also: nåra
Finnish
editEtymology
editUnknown. Dialectal usage in the sense of "snare" is scarcely attested, which could suggest an origin from Swedish snara (“snare, noose”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editnaara
- drag (device dragged along the bottom of a body of water in search of something, e.g. a dead body)
- Ellipsis of naara-ankkuri (“grapnel”).
Declension
editInflection of naara (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | naara | naarat | ||
genitive | naaran | naarojen | ||
partitive | naaraa | naaroja | ||
illative | naaraan | naaroihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | naara | naarat | ||
accusative | nom. | naara | naarat | |
gen. | naaran | |||
genitive | naaran | naarojen naarain rare | ||
partitive | naaraa | naaroja | ||
inessive | naarassa | naaroissa | ||
elative | naarasta | naaroista | ||
illative | naaraan | naaroihin | ||
adessive | naaralla | naaroilla | ||
ablative | naaralta | naaroilta | ||
allative | naaralle | naaroille | ||
essive | naarana | naaroina | ||
translative | naaraksi | naaroiksi | ||
abessive | naaratta | naaroitta | ||
instructive | — | naaroin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
editcompounds
Further reading
edit- “naara”, 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
Anagrams
editNafaanra
editNoun
editnaara