From Proto-Finnic *rinta. Cognate to Estonian rind and also more distantly Northern Sami raddi.
rinta
Inflection of rinta (Kotus type 9*J/kala, nt-nn gradation) | ||||
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nominative | rinta | rinnat | ||
genitive | rinnan | rintojen | ||
partitive | rintaa | rintoja | ||
illative | rintaan | rintoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | rinta | rinnat | ||
accusative | nom. | rinta | rinnat | |
gen. | rinnan | |||
genitive | rinnan | rintojen rintainrare | ||
partitive | rintaa | rintoja | ||
inessive | rinnassa | rinnoissa | ||
elative | rinnasta | rinnoista | ||
illative | rintaan | rintoihin | ||
adessive | rinnalla | rinnoilla | ||
ablative | rinnalta | rinnoilta | ||
allative | rinnalle | rinnoille | ||
essive | rintana | rintoina | ||
translative | rinnaksi | rinnoiksi | ||
abessive | rinnatta | rinnoitta | ||
instructive | — | rinnoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
From Proto-Finnic *rinta. Cognates include Finnish rinta and Estonian rind.
The semantic shift "chest" > "hillside" is comparable to the Finnish term rinne (“hillside”).
rinta
Declension of rinta (type 3/kana, nt-nn gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | rinta | rinnat |
genitive | rinnan | rintoin |
partitive | rintaa | rintoja |
illative | rintaa | rintoi |
inessive | rinnaas | rinnois |
elative | rinnast | rinnoist |
allative | rinnalle | rinnoille |
adessive | rinnaal | rinnoil |
ablative | rinnalt | rinnoilt |
translative | rinnaks | rinnoiks |
essive | rintanna, rintaan | rintoinna, rintoin |
exessive1) | rintant | rintoint |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |