sortaa
Finnish
(index so)
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *sortadak (“to tip over, make fall over or down”). Cognate with Ingrian sortaa, Karelian sortoa, Ludian sortta and Veps sorta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsortɑː(ʔ)/
- Hyphenation: sor‧taa
Verb
sortaa
- (transitive) to trample
- (transitive + partitive) to oppress, persecute, tyrannize, repress, bully
Conjugation
| Inflection of sortaa (Kotus type 55/soutaa, rt-rr gradation) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | sorran | en sorra | 1st sing. | olen sortanut | en ole sortanut | |
| 2nd sing. | sorrat | et sorra | 2nd sing. | olet sortanut | et ole sortanut | |
| 3rd sing. | sortaa | ei sorra | 3rd sing. | on sortanut | ei ole sortanut | |
| 1st plur. | sorramme | emme sorra | 1st plur. | olemme sortaneet | emme ole sortaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | sorratte | ette sorra | 2nd plur. | olette sortaneet | ette ole sortaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | sortavat | eivät sorra | 3rd plur. | ovat sortaneet | eivät ole sortaneet | |
| passive | sorretaan | ei sorreta | passive | on sorrettu | ei ole sorrettu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | sorrin sorsin | en sortanut | 1st sing. | olin sortanut | en ollut sortanut | |
| 2nd sing. | sorrit sorsit | et sortanut | 2nd sing. | olit sortanut | et ollut sortanut | |
| 3rd sing. | sorti sorsi | ei sortanut | 3rd sing. | oli sortanut | ei ollut sortanut | |
| 1st plur. | sorrimme sorsimme | emme sortaneet | 1st plur. | olimme sortaneet | emme olleet sortaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | sorritte sorsitte | ette sortaneet | 2nd plur. | olitte sortaneet | ette olleet sortaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | sortivat sorsivat | eivät sortaneet | 3rd plur. | olivat sortaneet | eivät olleet sortaneet | |
| passive | sorrettiin | ei sorrettu | passive | oli sorrettu | ei ollut sorrettu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | sortaisin | en sortaisi | 1st sing. | olisin sortanut | en olisi sortanut | |
| 2nd sing. | sortaisit | et sortaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit sortanut | et olisi sortanut | |
| 3rd sing. | sortaisi | ei sortaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi sortanut | ei olisi sortanut | |
| 1st plur. | sortaisimme | emme sortaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme sortaneet | emme olisi sortaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | sortaisitte | ette sortaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte sortaneet | ette olisi sortaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | sortaisivat | eivät sortaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat sortaneet | eivät olisi sortaneet | |
| passive | sorrettaisiin | ei sorrettaisi | passive | olisi sorrettu | ei olisi sorrettu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | sorra | älä sorra | 2nd sing. | ole sortanut | älä ole sortanut | |
| 3rd sing. | sortakoon | älköön sortako | 3rd sing. | olkoon sortanut | älköön olko sortanut | |
| 1st plur. | sortakaamme | älkäämme sortako | 1st plur. | olkaamme sortaneet | älkäämme olko sortaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | sortakaa | älkää sortako | 2nd plur. | olkaa sortaneet | älkää olko sortaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | sortakoot | älkööt sortako | 3rd plur. | olkoot sortaneet | älkööt olko sortaneet | |
| passive | sorrettakoon | älköön sorrettako | passive | olkoon sorrettu | älköön olko sorrettu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | sortanen | en sortane | 1st sing. | lienen sortanut | en liene sortanut | |
| 2nd sing. | sortanet | et sortane | 2nd sing. | lienet sortanut | et liene sortanut | |
| 3rd sing. | sortanee | ei sortane | 3rd sing. | lienee sortanut | ei liene sortanut | |
| 1st plur. | sortanemme | emme sortane | 1st plur. | lienemme sortaneet | emme liene sortaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | sortanette | ette sortane | 2nd plur. | lienette sortaneet | ette liene sortaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | sortanevat | eivät sortane | 3rd plur. | lienevät sortaneet | eivät liene sortaneet | |
| passive | sorrettaneen | ei sorrettane | passive | lienee sorrettu | ei liene sorrettu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | sortaa | present | sortava | sorrettava | ||
| long 1st2 | sortaakseen | past | sortanut | sorrettu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | sortaessa | sorrettaessa | agent1, 3 | sortama | |
| instructive | sortaen | — | negative | sortamaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | sortamassa | — | 1) Usually with a possessive suffix. 2) Used only with a possessive suffix; this is the form for the third-person singular and third-person plural. | ||
| elative | sortamasta | — | ||||
| illative | sortamaan | — | ||||
| adessive | sortamalla | — | ||||
| abessive | sortamatta | — | ||||
| instructive | sortaman | sorrettaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | sortaminen | ||||
| partitive | sortamista | |||||
| 5th2 | sortamaisillaan | |||||
Derived terms
- nouns: sortaja, sorto
- verbs: passive sortua
Anagrams
- orasta, saarto, soraat, sorata