kantti
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Swedish kant (“edge”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kantti (informal)
- edge
- Synonym: särmä
- chutzpah; the courage, guts, balls, nerve or audacity to go through with something
Declension
[edit]Inflection of kantti (Kotus type 5*C/risti, tt-t gradation) | |||
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nominative | kantti | kantit | |
genitive | kantin | kanttien | |
partitive | kanttia | kantteja | |
illative | kanttiin | kantteihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kantti | kantit | |
accusative | nom. | kantti | kantit |
gen. | kantin | ||
genitive | kantin | kanttien | |
partitive | kanttia | kantteja | |
inessive | kantissa | kanteissa | |
elative | kantista | kanteista | |
illative | kanttiin | kantteihin | |
adessive | kantilla | kanteilla | |
ablative | kantilta | kanteilta | |
allative | kantille | kanteille | |
essive | kanttina | kantteina | |
translative | kantiksi | kanteiksi | |
abessive | kantitta | kanteitta | |
instructive | — | kantein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “kantti”, 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
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