osakunta
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Finnish
Etymology
osa + kunta. Coined by Finnish explorer, historian and author Carl Axel Gottlund in 1828.
Pronunciation
Noun
osakunta
- nation, student nation (organization of students at a university, gathering students who originate from the same region; historical in most countries, but still active in some old universities of Finland and Sweden; somewhat similar to fraternities in the United States and colleges in the United Kingdom)
Declension
| Inflection of osakunta (Kotus type 10*J/koira, nt-nn gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | osakunta | osakunnat | |
| genitive | osakunnan | osakuntien | |
| partitive | osakuntaa | osakuntia | |
| illative | osakuntaan | osakuntiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | osakunta | osakunnat | |
| accusative | nom. | osakunta | osakunnat |
| gen. | osakunnan | ||
| genitive | osakunnan | osakuntien osakuntain rare | |
| partitive | osakuntaa | osakuntia | |
| inessive | osakunnassa | osakunnissa | |
| elative | osakunnasta | osakunnista | |
| illative | osakuntaan | osakuntiin | |
| adessive | osakunnalla | osakunnilla | |
| ablative | osakunnalta | osakunnilta | |
| allative | osakunnalle | osakunnille | |
| essive | osakuntana | osakuntina | |
| translative | osakunnaksi | osakunniksi | |
| abessive | osakunnatta | osakunnitta | |
| instructive | — | osakunnin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “osakunta”, 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