riimu
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed 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
[edit]Noun
[edit]riimu
- (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) | ||||
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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
[edit]compounds
See also
[edit]Further 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