amiraali
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Finnish
Etymology
From Swedish amiral (“admiral”), from French amiral, from Medieval Latin amiralis, from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”) + -alis (“-al”).
Pronunciation
Noun
amiraali
- (military) admiral
- red admiral, Vanessa atalanta (butterfly species)
- (zoology) Any butterfly of the genus Vanessa.
Declension
| Inflection of amiraali (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | amiraali | amiraalit | |
| genitive | amiraalin | amiraalien | |
| partitive | amiraalia | amiraaleja | |
| illative | amiraaliin | amiraaleihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | amiraali | amiraalit | |
| accusative | nom. | amiraali | amiraalit |
| gen. | amiraalin | ||
| genitive | amiraalin | amiraalien | |
| partitive | amiraalia | amiraaleja | |
| inessive | amiraalissa | amiraaleissa | |
| elative | amiraalista | amiraaleista | |
| illative | amiraaliin | amiraaleihin | |
| adessive | amiraalilla | amiraaleilla | |
| ablative | amiraalilta | amiraaleilta | |
| allative | amiraalille | amiraaleille | |
| essive | amiraalina | amiraaleina | |
| translative | amiraaliksi | amiraaleiksi | |
| abessive | amiraalitta | amiraaleitta | |
| instructive | — | amiraalein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
- (red admiral): amiraaliperhonen
Derived terms
compounds
See also
Further reading
- “amiraali”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (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