maistraatti
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Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑi̯strɑːtːi/,
- Rhymes: -ɑistrɑːtːi
- Hyphenation(key): maist‧raat‧ti
Noun
maistraatti
- Since 1993, a local office of the state of Finland responsible for a number of administrative tasks, including those of registrar or register office and notary public; the English translation used of these offices is "local register office".
- (historical) magistrate
Usage notes
The actual powers of magistrates vary widely from one jurisdiction to another.
Declension
| Inflection of maistraatti (Kotus type 5*C/risti, tt-t gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | maistraatti | maistraatit | |
| genitive | maistraatin | maistraattien | |
| partitive | maistraattia | maistraatteja | |
| illative | maistraattiin | maistraatteihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | maistraatti | maistraatit | |
| accusative | nom. | maistraatti | maistraatit |
| gen. | maistraatin | ||
| genitive | maistraatin | maistraattien | |
| partitive | maistraattia | maistraatteja | |
| inessive | maistraatissa | maistraateissa | |
| elative | maistraatista | maistraateista | |
| illative | maistraattiin | maistraatteihin | |
| adessive | maistraatilla | maistraateilla | |
| ablative | maistraatilta | maistraateilta | |
| allative | maistraatille | maistraateille | |
| essive | maistraattina | maistraatteina | |
| translative | maistraatiksi | maistraateiksi | |
| abessive | maistraatitta | maistraateitta | |
| instructive | — | maistraatein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
- “maistraatti”, 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