vastarinta
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]vasta- + rinta. Coined by Finnish professor, poet and scholar August Ahlqvist in 1845.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]vastarinta
- resistance (act of resisting, or the capacity to resist)
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of vastarinta (Kotus type 9*J/kala, nt-nn gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vastarinta | vastarinnat | |
| genitive | vastarinnan | vastarintojen | |
| partitive | vastarintaa | vastarintoja | |
| illative | vastarintaan | vastarintoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | vastarinta | vastarinnat | |
| accusative | nom. | vastarinta | vastarinnat |
| gen. | vastarinnan | ||
| genitive | vastarinnan | vastarintojen vastarintain rare | |
| partitive | vastarintaa | vastarintoja | |
| inessive | vastarinnassa | vastarinnoissa | |
| elative | vastarinnasta | vastarinnoista | |
| illative | vastarintaan | vastarintoihin | |
| adessive | vastarinnalla | vastarinnoilla | |
| ablative | vastarinnalta | vastarinnoilta | |
| allative | vastarinnalle | vastarinnoille | |
| essive | vastarintana | vastarintoina | |
| translative | vastarinnaksi | vastarinnoiksi | |
| abessive | vastarinnatta | vastarinnoitta | |
| instructive | — | vastarinnoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “vastarinta”, 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 2023-07-04