informantti
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Internationalism (see English informant).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]informantti
- informant, informer (one who relays confidential information to someone)
- (linguistics) informant (native speaker who acts as a linguistic reference for a language being studied)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of informantti (Kotus type 5*C/risti, tt-t gradation) | ||||
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nominative | informantti | informantit | ||
genitive | informantin | informanttien | ||
partitive | informanttia | informantteja | ||
illative | informanttiin | informantteihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | informantti | informantit | ||
accusative | nom. | informantti | informantit | |
gen. | informantin | |||
genitive | informantin | informanttien | ||
partitive | informanttia | informantteja | ||
inessive | informantissa | informanteissa | ||
elative | informantista | informanteista | ||
illative | informanttiin | informantteihin | ||
adessive | informantilla | informanteilla | ||
ablative | informantilta | informanteilta | ||
allative | informantille | informanteille | ||
essive | informanttina | informantteina | ||
translative | informantiksi | informanteiksi | ||
abessive | informantitta | informanteitta | ||
instructive | — | informantein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit]- (one who relays confidential information): tiedonantaja, ilmiantaja
- (linguistics): kielenopas
Further reading
[edit]- “informantti”, 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