laamanni
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old Swedish laghman (compare modern Swedish lagman).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]laamanni
- (law) chief justice (unofficial English translation of the title of a judge serving as office chief of a District Court; also translation of modern Swedish title lagman)
- (law, historical) lawspeaker
- an honorary title of the fifth rank granted by the President of Finland to accomplished judges and attorneys
Declension
[edit]Inflection of laamanni (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | laamanni | laamannit | |
genitive | laamannin | laamannien | |
partitive | laamannia | laamanneja | |
illative | laamanniin | laamanneihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | laamanni | laamannit | |
accusative | nom. | laamanni | laamannit |
gen. | laamannin | ||
genitive | laamannin | laamannien | |
partitive | laamannia | laamanneja | |
inessive | laamannissa | laamanneissa | |
elative | laamannista | laamanneista | |
illative | laamanniin | laamanneihin | |
adessive | laamannilla | laamanneilla | |
ablative | laamannilta | laamanneilta | |
allative | laamannille | laamanneille | |
essive | laamannina | laamanneina | |
translative | laamanniksi | laamanneiksi | |
abessive | laamannitta | laamanneitta | |
instructive | — | laamannein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “laamanni”, 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