riimu
Finnish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Old Swedish grīma (among its meanings, "halter; (dialectal) mark in wood"; compare Swedish grimma (“halter”)), from Proto-Germanic *grīmô. Cognate with Estonian kriim.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editriimu
- (dialectal) scratch
- rune (letter)
- (dialectal) chain
- halter (horse's headgear)
- the larger mesh of a trammel
Declension
edit| Inflection of riimu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | riimu | riimut | |
| genitive | riimun | riimujen | |
| partitive | riimua | riimuja | |
| illative | riimuun | riimuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | riimu | riimut | |
| accusative | nom. | riimu | riimut |
| gen. | riimun | ||
| genitive | riimun | riimujen | |
| partitive | riimua | riimuja | |
| inessive | riimussa | riimuissa | |
| elative | riimusta | riimuista | |
| illative | riimuun | riimuihin | |
| adessive | riimulla | riimuilla | |
| ablative | riimulta | riimuilta | |
| allative | riimulle | riimuille | |
| essive | riimuna | riimuina | |
| translative | riimuksi | riimuiksi | |
| abessive | riimutta | riimuitta | |
| instructive | — | riimuin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
edit- (halter): tallipäitset
Derived terms
editcompounds
See also
editFurther reading
edit- “riimu”, 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 2023-07-03