Ranskanmaa
Finnish
Etymology
From ranska (“Frenchman, frank”, archaic) + ranskan (“land, country”) + maa or France (“France's”) + maa. Compare Suomenmaa (“Finland”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɑnskɑnˌmɑː/, [ˈrɑns̠kɑmˌmɑː]
- Rhymes: -ɑː
- Syllabification: rans‧kan‧maa
Declension
The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used when talking about location; for example, "in Ranskanmaa" is Ranskanmaalla.
| Inflection of Ranskanmaa (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Ranskanmaa | — | |
| genitive | Ranskanmaan | — | |
| partitive | Ranskanmaata | — | |
| illative | Ranskanmaahan | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Ranskanmaa | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Ranskanmaa | — |
| gen. | Ranskanmaan | ||
| genitive | Ranskanmaan | — | |
| partitive | Ranskanmaata | — | |
| inessive | Ranskanmaassa | — | |
| elative | Ranskanmaasta | — | |
| illative | Ranskanmaahan | — | |
| adessive | Ranskanmaalla | — | |
| ablative | Ranskanmaalta | — | |
| allative | Ranskanmaalle | — | |
| essive | Ranskanmaana | — | |
| translative | Ranskanmaaksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Ranskanmaatta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of Ranskanmaa (type maa) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Ranskanmaani | Ranskanmaamme |
| 2nd person | Ranskanmaasi | Ranskanmaanne |
| 3rd person | Ranskanmaansa | |
Derived terms
- ranskanmaalainen
Related terms
- Ruotsinmaa (“Sweden”)
- Saksanmaa (“Germany”)
- Suomenmaa (“Finland”)
- Venäjänmaa (“Russia”)
- Vironmaa (“Estonia”)
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