kersantti
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Swedish skärsant, an old variant of sergeant.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kersantti
- (military) A military rank in the Finnish defence forces, officially regarded as equivalent to sergeant (in the army and air force) or petty officer second class (in the navy).
- A sergeant or a petty officer.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of kersantti (Kotus type 5*C/risti, tt-t gradation) | |||
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nominative | kersantti | kersantit | |
genitive | kersantin | kersanttien | |
partitive | kersanttia | kersantteja | |
illative | kersanttiin | kersantteihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kersantti | kersantit | |
accusative | nom. | kersantti | kersantit |
gen. | kersantin | ||
genitive | kersantin | kersanttien | |
partitive | kersanttia | kersantteja | |
inessive | kersantissa | kersanteissa | |
elative | kersantista | kersanteista | |
illative | kersanttiin | kersantteihin | |
adessive | kersantilla | kersanteilla | |
ablative | kersantilta | kersanteilta | |
allative | kersantille | kersanteille | |
essive | kersanttina | kersantteina | |
translative | kersantiksi | kersanteiksi | |
abessive | kersantitta | kersanteitta | |
instructive | — | kersantein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “kersantti”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02