roima
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Estonian
[edit]Noun
[edit]roima
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly a back-formation of roimata, roimia (“to beat, pound, thresh, slam, strike”), with influence from reilu, reipas, rohkea. Could have originally meant "hefty, strong", which is found in dialects, especially for the derived roimakka.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]roima (comparative roimempi, superlative roimin)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of roima (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | roima | roimat | |
genitive | roiman | roimien | |
partitive | roimaa | roimia | |
illative | roimaan | roimiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | roima | roimat | |
accusative | nom. | roima | roimat |
gen. | roiman | ||
genitive | roiman | roimien roimain rare | |
partitive | roimaa | roimia | |
inessive | roimassa | roimissa | |
elative | roimasta | roimista | |
illative | roimaan | roimiin | |
adessive | roimalla | roimilla | |
ablative | roimalta | roimilta | |
allative | roimalle | roimille | |
essive | roimana | roimina | |
translative | roimaksi | roimiksi | |
abessive | roimatta | roimitta | |
instructive | — | roimin | |
comitative | — | roimine |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “roima”, 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