mosuri

Finnish

Etymology

Probably mosa + -uri.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmosuri/, [ˈmo̞s̠uri]
  • Rhymes: -osuri
  • Syllabification(key): mo‧su‧ri

Noun

mosuri

  1. (military slang, dated) Synonym of monni (private; infantry man).
    • 1938, Taistelija, number 5, Suojeluskuntain yleisesikunta [General Staff of the Civil Guard]:
      Eipä nuo tavalliset mosurit ilman meitä raskaampiaseisia auttajiansa tulisikaan toimeen nykyaikaisessa taistelussa, joshan emme mekään yksinämme mitään mainittavampaa aikaan saisi.
      Those ordinary infantry men could not hold their own in modern combat without us, their more heavily-armed aids, though we could not do anything worth writing home about on our own either.

Declension

Inflection of mosuri (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative mosuri mosurit
genitive mosurin mosurien
mosureiden
mosureitten
partitive mosuria mosureita
mosureja
illative mosuriin mosureihin
singular plural
nominative mosuri mosurit
accusative nom. mosuri mosurit
gen. mosurin
genitive mosurin mosurien
mosureiden
mosureitten
partitive mosuria mosureita
mosureja
inessive mosurissa mosureissa
elative mosurista mosureista
illative mosuriin mosureihin
adessive mosurilla mosureilla
ablative mosurilta mosureilta
allative mosurille mosureille
essive mosurina mosureina
translative mosuriksi mosureiksi
instructive mosurein
abessive mosuritta mosureitta
comitative mosureineen
Possessive forms of mosuri (type paperi)
possessor singular plural
1st person mosurini mosurimme
2nd person mosurisi mosurinne
3rd person mosurinsa
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