ritari
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See also: Ritari
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish riddare, from German Ritter.
Pronunciation
Noun
ritari
- knight (warrior of the Middle Ages)
- vaeltava ritari ― knight-errant
- knight (person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch)
- (in Finland) knight (member of any of the three official honorary orders of Finland)
Declension
| Inflection of ritari (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ritari | ritarit | |
| genitive | ritarin | ritarien ritareiden ritareitten | |
| partitive | ritaria | ritareita ritareja | |
| illative | ritariin | ritareihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | ritari | ritarit | |
| accusative | nom. | ritari | ritarit |
| gen. | ritarin | ||
| genitive | ritarin | ritarien ritareiden ritareitten | |
| partitive | ritaria | ritareita ritareja | |
| inessive | ritarissa | ritareissa | |
| elative | ritarista | ritareista | |
| illative | ritariin | ritareihin | |
| adessive | ritarilla | ritareilla | |
| ablative | ritarilta | ritareilta | |
| allative | ritarille | ritareille | |
| essive | ritarina | ritareina | |
| translative | ritariksi | ritareiksi | |
| abessive | ritaritta | ritareitta | |
| instructive | — | ritarein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
- kalparitari
- korsikanritari
- köyhät ritarit
- lippuritarimonni
- lyödä ritariksi
- maltalaisritari
- ristiritari
- ritariballadi
- ritarihuone
- ritarihyve
- ritari-ihanne
- ritarikannus
- ritarikomentaja
- ritariksilyönti
- ritarikunta
- ritarilaitos
- ritarilaulu
- ritarilinna
- ritarillinen
- ritarimerkki
- ritarimonni
- ritarinkannus
- ritarinkukka
- ritariperhonen
- ritariromaani
- ritarirunous
- ritarisali
- ritaristo
- ritarisääty
- ritarius
- ruskean reiän ritari
- sukkanauharitari
- temppeliritari
Further reading
- “ritari”, 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
Icelandic
Etymology
From rita (“to write”) + -ari (“-er, suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ritari m (genitive singular ritara, nominative plural ritarar)
- secretary
- clerk
- Synonym: skrifstofumaður
Declension
Italian
Verb
ritari
- inflection of ritarare: