omatunto
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Finnish
Etymology
oma (“own”) + tunto (“feeling”). Coined by Finnish clergyman Mikael Agricola.
Pronunciation
Noun
omatunto
- conscience
- Hänellä on huono omatunto siitä, mitä hän teki.
- S/he feels bad about what s/he did.
- (literally, “S/he has a bad conscience for what s/he did.”)
Declension
| Inflection of omatunto (Kotus type 51/nuoripari) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | omatunto | omattunnot | |
| genitive | omantunnon | omientuntojen | |
| partitive | omaatuntoa | omiatuntoja | |
| illative | omaantuntoon | omiintuntoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | omatunto | omattunnot | |
| accusative | nom. | omatunto | omattunnot |
| gen. | omantunnon | ||
| genitive | omantunnon | omientuntojen omaintuntojen rare | |
| partitive | omaatuntoa | omiatuntoja | |
| inessive | omassatunnossa | omissatunnoissa | |
| elative | omastatunnosta | omistatunnoista | |
| illative | omaantuntoon | omiintuntoihin | |
| adessive | omallatunnolla | omillatunnoilla | |
| ablative | omaltatunnolta | omiltatunnoilta | |
| allative | omalletunnolle | omilletunnoille | |
| essive | omanatuntona | ominatuntoina | |
| translative | omaksitunnoksi | omiksitunnoiksi | |
| abessive | omattatunnotta | omittatunnoitta | |
| instructive | — | omintunnoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “omatunto”, 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