valtti
Finnish
editEtymology
editMost likely borrowed from Swedish valt, the supine of välja (“to choose, elect”), as in many card games the trump suit is nominated. Has also been compared with archaic Norwegian velt and Danish vælt, with dialectal variant valt in the latter, both ultimately from Old Norse velta (“to roll over, turn over”). Alternatively borrowed from Middle Low German [Term?].
Pronunciation
editNoun
editvaltti
- (card games) trump
- (figuratively) trump, advantage (especially one held in reserve)
Declension
editInflection of valtti (Kotus type 5*C/risti, tt-t gradation) | |||
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nominative | valtti | valtit | |
genitive | valtin | valttien | |
partitive | valttia | valtteja | |
illative | valttiin | valtteihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | valtti | valtit | |
accusative | nom. | valtti | valtit |
gen. | valtin | ||
genitive | valtin | valttien | |
partitive | valttia | valtteja | |
inessive | valtissa | valteissa | |
elative | valtista | valteista | |
illative | valttiin | valtteihin | |
adessive | valtilla | valteilla | |
ablative | valtilta | valteilta | |
allative | valtille | valteille | |
essive | valttina | valtteina | |
translative | valtiksi | valteiksi | |
abessive | valtitta | valteitta | |
instructive | — | valtein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
edit- (card games): valttimaa
Derived terms
editcompounds
Further reading
edit- “valtti”, 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 2023-07-04
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- Finnish terms borrowed from Swedish
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- Finnish terms borrowed from Middle Low German
- Finnish terms derived from Middle Low German
- Finnish 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑltːi
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑltːi/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- fi:Card games
- Finnish risti-type nominals