osakunta
Finnish
editEtymology
editosa + kunta. Coined by Finnish explorer, historian and author Carl Axel Gottlund in 1828.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editosakunta
- 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
editInflection 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 osakuntain rare | |
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
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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