rihla

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from dialectal Swedish rifla (compare standard Swedish räffla, Danish riffel), from Low German riffel (compare archaic Dutch rijfelen), originally a frequentative derivation tracing back to Proto-Germanic *rīfaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrihlɑ/, [ˈriçlɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ihlɑ
• Syllabification^(key): rih‧la

Noun

rihla

1. (mining) riffle (cleat or groove in the bottom of a sluice box, causing the heavy particles such as pieces of gold to fall to the bottom of the box while the lighter particles are flushed away with water)
2. rifle (one of the grooves inside the barrel of a firearm that improve its range and accuracy)
3. (in the plural) rifling (grooves in a gun barrel)
4. (in the plural) dress (system of furrows on the face of a millstone)

Declension

Inflection of rihla (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		rihla	rihlat
genitive		rihlan	rihlojen
partitive		rihlaa	rihloja
illative		rihlaan	rihloihin
		singular	plural
nominative		rihla	rihlat
accusative	nom.	rihla	rihlat
	gen.	rihlan
genitive		rihlan	rihlojen rihlain rare
partitive		rihlaa	rihloja
inessive		rihlassa	rihloissa
elative		rihlasta	rihloista
illative		rihlaan	rihloihin
adessive		rihlalla	rihloilla
ablative		rihlalta	rihloilta
allative		rihlalle	rihloille
essive		rihlana	rihloina
translative		rihlaksi	rihloiksi
abessive		rihlatta	rihloitta
instructive		—	rihloin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of rihla (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative rihlani rihlani accusative nom. rihlani rihlani gen. rihlani genitive rihlani rihlojeni rihlaini rare partitive rihlaani rihlojani inessive rihlassani rihloissani elative rihlastani rihloistani illative rihlaani rihloihini adessive rihlallani rihloillani ablative rihlaltani rihloiltani allative rihlalleni rihloilleni essive rihlanani rihloinani translative rihlakseni rihloikseni abessive rihlattani rihloittani instructive — — comitative — rihloineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative rihlasi rihlasi accusative nom. rihlasi rihlasi gen. rihlasi genitive rihlasi rihlojesi rihlaisi rare partitive rihlaasi rihlojasi inessive rihlassasi rihloissasi elative rihlastasi rihloistasi illative rihlaasi rihloihisi adessive rihlallasi rihloillasi ablative rihlaltasi rihloiltasi allative rihlallesi rihloillesi essive rihlanasi rihloinasi translative rihlaksesi rihloiksesi abessive rihlattasi rihloittasi instructive — — comitative — rihloinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative rihlamme rihlamme accusative nom. rihlamme rihlamme gen. rihlamme genitive rihlamme rihlojemme rihlaimme rare partitive rihlaamme rihlojamme inessive rihlassamme rihloissamme elative rihlastamme rihloistamme illative rihlaamme rihloihimme adessive rihlallamme rihloillamme ablative rihlaltamme rihloiltamme allative rihlallemme rihloillemme essive rihlanamme rihloinamme translative rihlaksemme rihloiksemme abessive rihlattamme rihloittamme instructive — — comitative — rihloinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative rihlanne rihlanne accusative nom. rihlanne rihlanne gen. rihlanne genitive rihlanne rihlojenne rihlainne rare partitive rihlaanne rihlojanne inessive rihlassanne rihloissanne elative rihlastanne rihloistanne illative rihlaanne rihloihinne adessive rihlallanne rihloillanne ablative rihlaltanne rihloiltanne allative rihlallenne rihloillenne essive rihlananne rihloinanne translative rihlaksenne rihloiksenne abessive rihlattanne rihloittanne instructive — — comitative — rihloinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative rihlansa rihlansa accusative nom. rihlansa rihlansa gen. rihlansa genitive rihlansa rihlojensa rihlainsa rare partitive rihlaansa rihlojaan rihlojansa inessive rihlassaan rihlassansa rihloissaan rihloissansa elative rihlastaan rihlastansa rihloistaan rihloistansa illative rihlaansa rihloihinsa adessive rihlallaan rihlallansa rihloillaan rihloillansa ablative rihlaltaan rihlaltansa rihloiltaan rihloiltansa allative rihlalleen rihlallensa rihloilleen rihloillensa essive rihlanaan rihlanansa rihloinaan rihloinansa translative rihlakseen rihlaksensa rihloikseen rihloiksensa abessive rihlattaan rihlattansa rihloittaan rihloittansa instructive — — comitative — rihloineen rihloinensa

Synonyms

• (rifling): rihlaus

Derived terms

• rihlakko
• rihlata
• rihlaton

 

compounds

• haulikkorihla

 

Further reading

• “rihla”, 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