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kansalaissota

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Finnish

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Etymology

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kansalais- (citizens') +‎ sota (war)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑnsɑlɑi̯sˌsotɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝ns̠ɑ̝lɑ̝i̯s̠ˌs̠o̞t̪ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -otɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): kan‧salais‧sota

Noun

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kansalaissota

  1. Synonym of sisällissota (civil war)
  2. (especially) The Finnish Civil War fought in the spring of 1918.
    Synonyms: sisällissota, Suomen sisällissota (Finnish Civil War), veljessota, vapaussota (politically charged), punakapina (politically charged, pro-White term), luokkasota (politically charged, pro-Red term), torpparikapina (politically charged)

Usage notes

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The Finnish Civil War continues to be a controversial issue among Finns, and the conflict has multiple names. kansalaissota, sisällissota ((the) Civil War) and Suomen sisällissota (The Finnish Civil War) are the most common neutral names, used by those who want to emphasize that the conflict was by nature a civil war. More ideologically influenced names include luokkasota (Class War) used by Reds or their supporters, punakapina (Red Rebellion) used by Whites or their supporters, and torpparikapina (Crofter Rebellion). Others may prefer the term vapaussota (War of Liberation), which refers to the fact that in the beginning of the war, there were still 40,000 Russian troops in the country, despite the declaration of independence on December 6th, 1917. Some lesser used terms, generally rather neutral, include veljessota (War of Brothers), vallankumous (revolution) and kapina (rebellion). To learn more about this war, see Finnish Civil War in Wikipedia.

Declension

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Inflection of kansalaissota (Kotus type 10*F/koira, t-d gradation)
nominative kansalaissota kansalaissodat
genitive kansalaissodan kansalaissotien
partitive kansalaissotaa kansalaissotia
illative kansalaissotaan kansalaissotiin
singular plural
nominative kansalaissota kansalaissodat
accusative nom. kansalaissota kansalaissodat
gen. kansalaissodan
genitive kansalaissodan kansalaissotien
kansalaissotain rare
partitive kansalaissotaa kansalaissotia
inessive kansalaissodassa kansalaissodissa
elative kansalaissodasta kansalaissodista
illative kansalaissotaan kansalaissotiin
adessive kansalaissodalla kansalaissodilla
ablative kansalaissodalta kansalaissodilta
allative kansalaissodalle kansalaissodille
essive kansalaissotana kansalaissotina
translative kansalaissodaksi kansalaissodiksi
abessive kansalaissodatta kansalaissoditta
instructive kansalaissodin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of kansalaissota (Kotus type 10*F/koira, t-d gradation)

Further reading

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