sortokausi
Finnish
Etymology
sorto + kausi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsortoˌkɑu̯si/, [ˈs̠o̞rt̪o̞ˌkɑu̯s̠i]
- Rhymes: -ɑusi
- Syllabification(key): sor‧to‧kau‧si
Noun
sortokausi
- period of oppression; in Finnish history especially either 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.
Declension
| Inflection of sortokausi (Kotus type 27/käsi, t-d gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sortokausi | sortokaudet | |
| genitive | sortokauden | sortokausien | |
| partitive | sortokautta | sortokausia | |
| illative | sortokauteen | sortokausiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | sortokausi | sortokaudet | |
| accusative | nom. | sortokausi | sortokaudet |
| gen. | sortokauden | ||
| genitive | sortokauden | sortokausien sortokauttenrare | |
| partitive | sortokautta | sortokausia | |
| inessive | sortokaudessa | sortokausissa | |
| elative | sortokaudesta | sortokausista | |
| illative | sortokauteen | sortokausiin | |
| adessive | sortokaudella | sortokausilla | |
| ablative | sortokaudelta | sortokausilta | |
| allative | sortokaudelle | sortokausille | |
| essive | sortokautena | sortokausina | |
| translative | sortokaudeksi | sortokausiksi | |
| instructive | — | sortokausin | |
| abessive | sortokaudetta | sortokausitta | |
| comitative | — | sortokausineen | |
| Possessive forms of sortokausi (type käsi) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | sortokauteni | sortokautemme |
| 2nd person | sortokautesi | sortokautenne |
| 3rd person | sortokautensa | |
Synonyms
- (Finnish history): sortovuodet