atletiikka

Finnish

Noun

atletiikka

  1. (sports, dated) Those sports collectively which require great physical strength, such as weightlifting, wrestling, boxing, martial arts, bodybuilding.

Usage notes

  • English athletics and Finnish atletiikka do not mean the same.

Declension

Inflection of atletiikka (Kotus type 9/kala, kk-k gradation)
nominative atletiikka
genitive atletiikan
partitive atletiikkaa
illative atletiikkaan
singular plural
nominative atletiikka
accusative nom. atletiikka
gen. atletiikan
genitive atletiikan
partitive atletiikkaa
inessive atletiikassa
elative atletiikasta
illative atletiikkaan
adessive atletiikalla
ablative atletiikalta
allative atletiikalle
essive atletiikkana
translative atletiikaksi
instructive
abessive atletiikatta
comitative

Synonyms

  • voimailu (formerly understood to be synonymous, but now voimailu is often understood more narrowly to comprise only weightlifting and similar sports)
  • voimaurheilu
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