dalai-lama

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Finnish

Etymology

From Tibetan ཏཱ་ལའི་བླ་མ (tā la'i bla ma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɑlɑi̯ˌlɑ(ː)mɑ/,
  • Rhymes: -ɑmɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): dalai‧lama

Noun

dalai-lama

  1. Dalai Lama (the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism)

Declension

Inflection of dalai-lama (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative dalai-lama dalai-lamat
genitive dalai-laman dalai-lamojen
partitive dalai-lamaa dalai-lamoja
illative dalai-lamaan dalai-lamoihin
singular plural
nominative dalai-lama dalai-lamat
accusative nom. dalai-lama dalai-lamat
gen. dalai-laman
genitive dalai-laman dalai-lamojen
dalai-lamain rare
partitive dalai-lamaa dalai-lamoja
inessive dalai-lamassa dalai-lamoissa
elative dalai-lamasta dalai-lamoista
illative dalai-lamaan dalai-lamoihin
adessive dalai-lamalla dalai-lamoilla
ablative dalai-lamalta dalai-lamoilta
allative dalai-lamalle dalai-lamoille
essive dalai-lamana dalai-lamoina
translative dalai-lamaksi dalai-lamoiksi
abessive dalai-lamatta dalai-lamoitta
instructive dalai-lamoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of dalai-lama (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French dalaï-lama.

Noun

dalai-lama m (plural dalai-lama)

  1. (Buddhism) Dalai Lama

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative dalai-lama dalai-lamaul dalai-lama dalai-lamai
genitive-dative dalai-lama dalai-lamaului dalai-lama dalai-lamalor
vocative dalai-lamaule dalai-lamalor

References

  • dalai-lama in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN