drotninki

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Finnish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Swedish drottning.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdrotniŋki/, [ˈdro̞t̪n̪iŋk̟i]
  • Rhymes: -otniŋki
  • Hyphenation(key): drot‧nin‧ki

Noun

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drotninki (obsolete, literary)

  1. Synonym of kuningatar (queen, female monarch or wife of a king) [16th–19th c.]
    • 1544, Mikael Agricola, Rucouskiria [Prayer Book], Stockholm, signature F5, recto:
      ſeurakunnan / eli Canſſan / ſen Chriſtuſen kihilattun fraawan / caunin Morſiamen / puchtan Neitzoͤn / ia Taiualiſen Troͤtingin
      [seurakunnan, eli kansan, sen Kristuksen kihlatun fraavan [rouvan], kauniin morsiamen, puhtaan neitsyen, ja taivaallisen trötingin]
      of the congregation, or the people, the betrothed of Christ, fair bride, pure virgin, and heavenly queen
    • 1873 October 28, Tampereen Sanomat (newspaper), Tampere, →ISSN, page [4]:
      Enſimmäinen Englantilai- nen hallitſija, joka piti kahwelia, oli rottninki Eliſabeth
      [Ensimmäinen englantilainen hallitsija, joka piti kahvelia, oli rottninki Elisabeth]
      The first English ruler to hold a fork was Queen Elizabeth
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:drotninki.

Declension

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Inflection of drotninki (Kotus type 5*G/risti, nk-ng gradation)
nominative drotninki drotningit
genitive drotningin drotninkien
partitive drotninkia drotninkeja
illative drotninkiin drotninkeihin
singular plural
nominative drotninki drotningit
accusative nom. drotninki drotningit
gen. drotningin
genitive drotningin drotninkien
partitive drotninkia drotninkeja
inessive drotningissa drotningeissa
elative drotningista drotningeista
illative drotninkiin drotninkeihin
adessive drotningilla drotningeilla
ablative drotningilta drotningeilta
allative drotningille drotningeille
essive drotninkina drotninkeina
translative drotningiksi drotningeiksi
abessive drotningitta drotningeitta
instructive drotningein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of drotninki (Kotus type 5*G/risti, nk-ng gradation)

Further reading

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  • drotninki”, in Vanhan kirjasuomen sanakirja [Dictionary of Old Literary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, incomplete, continuously updated), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2021, →ISSN, retrieved 2024-08-14.