provosti
Finnish
Etymology
< Latin
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈproʋosti/, [ˈpro̞ʋo̞s̠t̪i]
- Rhymes: -oʋosti
- Syllabification(key): pro‧vos‧ti
Noun
provosti
- provost (senior academic administrator)
Usage notes
In Finland the rank of provosti is currently only used in Aalto University. In other universities a corresponding officer is often called kansleri. [source?]
Declension
| Inflection of provosti (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | provosti | provostit | |
| genitive | provostin | provostien | |
| partitive | provostia | provosteja | |
| illative | provostiin | provosteihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | provosti | provostit | |
| accusative | nom. | provosti | provostit |
| gen. | provostin | ||
| genitive | provostin | provostien | |
| partitive | provostia | provosteja | |
| inessive | provostissa | provosteissa | |
| elative | provostista | provosteista | |
| illative | provostiin | provosteihin | |
| adessive | provostilla | provosteilla | |
| ablative | provostilta | provosteilta | |
| allative | provostille | provosteille | |
| essive | provostina | provosteina | |
| translative | provostiksi | provosteiksi | |
| instructive | — | provostein | |
| abessive | provostitta | provosteitta | |
| comitative | — | provosteineen | |
| Possessive forms of provosti (type risti) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | provostini | provostimme |
| 2nd person | provostisi | provostinne |
| 3rd person | provostinsa | |