luutnantti
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Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from archaic Swedish lutenant, originally from French lieutenant, from lieu + tenant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈluːtnɑntːi/,
- Rhymes: -uːtnɑntːi
- Hyphenation(key): luut‧nant‧ti
Noun
luutnantti
- (military) lieutenant
- (military) The second-lowest junior officer rank ("OF-2") in the Finnish defence forces (the official English translation used by the army and air force is lieutenant; and by the navy, lieutenant junior grade; the corresponding rank in the US Navy is lieutenant and in the UK Royal Navy it is sub-lieutenant).
- used as a modifier in the military ranks of everstiluutnantti and kenraaliluutnantti
- lieutenant (an aide)
Declension
| Inflection of luutnantti (Kotus type 5*C/risti, tt-t gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | luutnantti | luutnantit | |
| genitive | luutnantin | luutnanttien | |
| partitive | luutnanttia | luutnantteja | |
| illative | luutnanttiin | luutnantteihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | luutnantti | luutnantit | |
| accusative | nom. | luutnantti | luutnantit |
| gen. | luutnantin | ||
| genitive | luutnantin | luutnanttien | |
| partitive | luutnanttia | luutnantteja | |
| inessive | luutnantissa | luutnanteissa | |
| elative | luutnantista | luutnanteista | |
| illative | luutnanttiin | luutnantteihin | |
| adessive | luutnantilla | luutnanteilla | |
| ablative | luutnantilta | luutnanteilta | |
| allative | luutnantille | luutnanteille | |
| essive | luutnanttina | luutnantteina | |
| translative | luutnantiksi | luutnanteiksi | |
| abessive | luutnantitta | luutnanteitta | |
| instructive | — | luutnantein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
compounds
See also
Further reading
- “luutnantti”, 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 2023-07-03