rintama
Finnish
Etymology
rinta + -ma. First attested in Frans Ferdinand Ahlman: Ruotsalais-suomalainen sanakirja ("Swedish-Finnish Dictionary", 1865).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrintɑmɑ/, [ˈrin̪t̪ɑmɑ]
- Rhymes: -intɑmɑ
- Syllabification(key): rin‧ta‧ma
Noun
rintama
- (military) front, battlefront (region or line along which opposing armies engage in combat)
- (meteorology) front
- (military) theater
- Hänen isoisänsä oli sodassa Tyynenmeren rintamalla.
- His grandfather was in the Pacific theater during the war.
- Hänen isoisänsä oli sodassa Tyynenmeren rintamalla.
Declension
| Inflection of rintama (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | rintama | rintamat | |
| genitive | rintaman | rintamien | |
| partitive | rintamaa | rintamia | |
| illative | rintamaan | rintamiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | rintama | rintamat | |
| accusative | nom. | rintama | rintamat |
| gen. | rintaman | ||
| genitive | rintaman | rintamien rintamainrare | |
| partitive | rintamaa | rintamia | |
| inessive | rintamassa | rintamissa | |
| elative | rintamasta | rintamista | |
| illative | rintamaan | rintamiin | |
| adessive | rintamalla | rintamilla | |
| ablative | rintamalta | rintamilta | |
| allative | rintamalle | rintamille | |
| essive | rintamana | rintamina | |
| translative | rintamaksi | rintamiksi | |
| instructive | — | rintamin | |
| abessive | rintamatta | rintamitta | |
| comitative | — | rintamineen | |
| Possessive forms of rintama (type koira) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | rintamani | rintamamme |
| 2nd person | rintamasi | rintamanne |
| 3rd person | rintamansa | |
Derived terms
- eturintama
- kotirintama
- rintamalinja
Anagrams
- marinat, raminat