sotalaiva

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Finnish

Etymology

sota (war) +‎ laiva (ship)

Pronunciation

Noun

sotalaiva

  1. warship
  2. (historical) man of war (war sailship)

Declension

Inflection of sotalaiva (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative sotalaiva sotalaivat
genitive sotalaivan sotalaivojen
partitive sotalaivaa sotalaivoja
illative sotalaivaan sotalaivoihin
singular plural
nominative sotalaiva sotalaivat
accusative nom. sotalaiva sotalaivat
gen. sotalaivan
genitive sotalaivan sotalaivojen
sotalaivain rare
partitive sotalaivaa sotalaivoja
inessive sotalaivassa sotalaivoissa
elative sotalaivasta sotalaivoista
illative sotalaivaan sotalaivoihin
adessive sotalaivalla sotalaivoilla
ablative sotalaivalta sotalaivoilta
allative sotalaivalle sotalaivoille
essive sotalaivana sotalaivoina
translative sotalaivaksi sotalaivoiksi
abessive sotalaivatta sotalaivoitta
instructive sotalaivoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of sotalaiva (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

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Ingrian

Etymology

From sota (war) +‎ laiva (ship). Akin to Finnish sotalaiva and Estonian sõjalaev.

Pronunciation

Noun

sotalaiva

  1. warship

Declension

Declension of sotalaiva (type 3/kana, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative sotalaiva sotalaivat
genitive sotalaivan sotalaivoin
partitive sotalaivaa sotalaivoja
illative sotalaivaa sotalaivoi
inessive sotalaivaas sotalaivois
elative sotalaivast sotalaivoist
allative sotalaivalle sotalaivoille
adessive sotalaivaal sotalaivoil
ablative sotalaivalt sotalaivoilt
translative sotalaivaks sotalaivoiks
essive sotalaivanna, sotalaivaan sotalaivoinna, sotalaivoin
exessive1) sotalaivant sotalaivoint
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.

References

  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 137
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 535