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sotaherra

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From sota (war) +‎ herra (lord). Compare Swedish fältherre, German Feldherr (both literally "field lord").

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsotɑˌherːɑ/, [ˈs̠o̞t̪ɑ̝ˌhe̞rːɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -erːɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): sota‧herra

Noun

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sotaherra

  1. warlord (local ruler or bandit leader where the government is weak)
  2. (derogatory) any high military officer

Declension

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Inflection of sotaherra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative sotaherra sotaherrat
genitive sotaherran sotaherrojen
partitive sotaherraa sotaherroja
illative sotaherraan sotaherroihin
singular plural
nominative sotaherra sotaherrat
accusative nom. sotaherra sotaherrat
gen. sotaherran
genitive sotaherran sotaherrojen
sotaherrain rare
partitive sotaherraa sotaherroja
inessive sotaherrassa sotaherroissa
elative sotaherrasta sotaherroista
illative sotaherraan sotaherroihin
adessive sotaherralla sotaherroilla
ablative sotaherralta sotaherroilta
allative sotaherralle sotaherroille
essive sotaherrana sotaherroina
translative sotaherraksi sotaherroiksi
abessive sotaherratta sotaherroitta
instructive sotaherroin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of sotaherra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

Further reading

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