sortovuosi
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word sortovuosi. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word sortovuosi, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say sortovuosi in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word sortovuosi you have here. The definition of the word sortovuosi will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofsortovuosi, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Finnish
Etymology
sorto (“oppression”) + vuosi (“year”)
Pronunciation
Noun
sortovuosi
- (history, in the plural) in Finnish history either or both of the two periods (1899–1905 and 1908–1917) when the Russian Empire aimed at limiting the autonomy of the Grand Duchy of Finland and Russifying the country culturally.
- Any individual year falling within these periods.
Declension
| Inflection of sortovuosi (Kotus type 27*F/käsi, t-d gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sortovuosi | sortovuodet | |
| genitive | sortovuoden | sortovuosien | |
| partitive | sortovuotta | sortovuosia | |
| illative | sortovuoteen | sortovuosiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | sortovuosi | sortovuodet | |
| accusative | nom. | sortovuosi | sortovuodet |
| gen. | sortovuoden | ||
| genitive | sortovuoden | sortovuosien sortovuotten rare | |
| partitive | sortovuotta | sortovuosia | |
| inessive | sortovuodessa | sortovuosissa | |
| elative | sortovuodesta | sortovuosista | |
| illative | sortovuoteen | sortovuosiin | |
| adessive | sortovuodella | sortovuosilla | |
| ablative | sortovuodelta | sortovuosilta | |
| allative | sortovuodelle | sortovuosille | |
| essive | sortovuotena | sortovuosina | |
| translative | sortovuodeksi | sortovuosiksi | |
| abessive | sortovuodetta | sortovuositta | |
| instructive | — | sortovuosin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
- (period of oppression): sortokausi
- (first period of oppression): routavuodet
Further reading
- “sortovuodet”, 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