metsäkaarti

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Finnish

Etymology

metsä +‎ kaarti

Pronunciation

Noun

metsäkaarti

  1. (historical, during the Finnish Civil War in 1918) The group of Reds who hid themselves in the forest (lit. the "Woods Guard")
  2. (historical, during the Continuation War in 1941—1944) The group of (Finnish) deserters who hid themselves in the forest (lit. the "Woods Guard")

Usage notes

  • The term originated in the Finnish Civil War, after which hundreds of Reds hid themselves in the forests in order to avoid being prosecuted for war crimes. The term is used also when referring to the Finnish deserters in the Continuation War, who also hid themselves in the forest for the same purpose.

Declension

Inflection of metsäkaarti (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative metsäkaarti metsäkaartit
genitive metsäkaartin metsäkaartien
partitive metsäkaartia metsäkaarteja
illative metsäkaartiin metsäkaarteihin
singular plural
nominative metsäkaarti metsäkaartit
accusative nom. metsäkaarti metsäkaartit
gen. metsäkaartin
genitive metsäkaartin metsäkaartien
partitive metsäkaartia metsäkaarteja
inessive metsäkaartissa metsäkaarteissa
elative metsäkaartista metsäkaarteista
illative metsäkaartiin metsäkaarteihin
adessive metsäkaartilla metsäkaarteilla
ablative metsäkaartilta metsäkaarteilta
allative metsäkaartille metsäkaarteille
essive metsäkaartina metsäkaarteina
translative metsäkaartiksi metsäkaarteiksi
abessive metsäkaartitta metsäkaarteitta
instructive metsäkaartein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of metsäkaarti (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

Synonyms

  • (a Red during the Civil War; a deserter during the Continuation War): käpykaarti

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