linna
From Proto-Finnic *litna.
linna
Also used as a suffix in the formation of town names.
Inflection of linna (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | linna | linnat | |
genitive | linnan | linnojen | |
partitive | linnaa | linnoja | |
illative | linnaan | linnoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | linna | linnat | |
accusative | nom. | linna | linnat |
gen. | linnan | ||
genitive | linnan | linnojen linnain rare | |
partitive | linnaa | linnoja | |
inessive | linnassa | linnoissa | |
elative | linnasta | linnoista | |
illative | linnaan | linnoihin | |
adessive | linnalla | linnoilla | |
ablative | linnalta | linnoilta | |
allative | linnalle | linnoille | |
essive | linnana | linnoina | |
translative | linnaksi | linnoiksi | |
abessive | linnatta | linnoitta | |
instructive | — | linnoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
From Old Norse linna, from Proto-Germanic *linnaną (“to move aside, swerve from, cease”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyh₂- (“to avoid, elude, decline, shrink away from, recede”). Cognate with English dialectal lin.
linna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative linnti, supine linnt)
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að linna | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
linnt | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
linnandi | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég linni | við linnum | present (nútíð) |
ég linni | við linnum |
þú linnir | þið linnið | þú linnir | þið linnið | ||
hann, hún, það linnir | þeir, þær, þau linna | hann, hún, það linni | þeir, þær, þau linni | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég linnti | við linntum | past (þátíð) |
ég linnti | við linntum |
þú linntir | þið linntuð | þú linntir | þið linntuð | ||
hann, hún, það linnti | þeir, þær, þau linntu | hann, hún, það linnti | þeir, þær, þau linntu | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
linn (þú) | linnið (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
linntu | linniði * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
From Proto-Finnic *litna (“town, castle”). Cognates include Finnish linna (“castle”) and Estonian linn (“city”).
linna
Declension of linna (type 3/kana, no gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | linna | linnat |
genitive | linnan | linnoin |
partitive | linnaa | linnoja |
illative | linnaa | linnoi |
inessive | linnaas | linnois |
elative | linnast | linnoist |
allative | linnalle | linnoille |
adessive | linnaal | linnoil |
ablative | linnalt | linnoilt |
translative | linnaks | linnoiks |
essive | linnanna, linnaan | linnoinna, linnoin |
exessive1) | linnant | linnoint |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |
North Karelian (Viena) |
linna |
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South Karelian (Tver) |
linna |
From Proto-Finnic *litna (“town, castle”). Cognates include Finnish linna (“castle”) and Estonian linn (“city”).
linna (genitive linnan, partitive linnua)
Viena Karelian declension of linna (type 4/kala, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | linna | linnat | |
genitive | linnan | linnojen | |
partitive | linnua | linnoja | |
illative | linnah | linnoih | |
inessive | linnašša | linnoissa | |
elative | linnašta | linnoista | |
adessive | linnalla | linnoilla | |
ablative | linnalta | linnoilta | |
translative | linnakši | linnoiksi | |
essive | linnana | linnoina | |
comitative | — | linnoineh | |
abessive | linnatta | linnoitta |
Tver Karelian declension of linna (type 4/kala no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | linna | linnat | |
genitive | linnan | linnoin | |
partitive | linnua | linnoida | |
illative | linnah | linnoih | |
inessive | linnašša | linnoissa | |
elative | linnašta | linnoista | |
adessive | linnalla | linnoilla | |
ablative | linnalda | linnoilda | |
translative | linnakši | linnoiksi | |
essive | linnana | linnoina | |
comitative | linnanke | linnoinke | |
abessive | linnatta | linnoitta |
Possessive forms of linna | ||
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1st person | linnani | |
2nd person | linnaš | |
3rd person | linnah | |
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses. |
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
linna f (genitive linnae); first declension
First-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
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nominative | linna | linnae |
genitive | linnae | linnārum |
dative | linnae | linnīs |
accusative | linnam | linnās |
ablative | linnā | linnīs |
vocative | linna | linnae |
linna
From Latin ligna, plural of lignum, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-no- (“that which is collected”), from *leǵ-.
linna m (plural linnas)