ranta

See also: Ranta, ränta, and räntä

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ranta, borrowed from either Proto-Balto-Slavic *kranta or Proto-Norse [script needed] (*stranða) (itself from Proto-Germanic *strandō). Related to Veps rand and Estonian rand. Compare Swedish strand (“beach”) and Lithuanian krantas (“beach, shore”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈrɑntɑ/, [ˈrɑn̪t̪ɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑntɑ
  • Syllabification(key): ran‧ta

Noun

ranta

  1. shore (the border of a body of water and land in general)
  2. beach (sandy shore)
    Mennään rannalle!
    Let's go to the beach!
  3. bank (shore of a river)
    Esihistoriallisena aikana suomalais-ugrilaiset kansat asuttivat Volgan rantoja.
    In the prehistoric age the Finno-Ugric people inhabited the banks of the river Volga.
    oikea ~ : right bank
    vasen ~ : left bank
  4. (rarely) strand

Declension
Inflection of ranta (Kotus type 9*J/kala, nt-nn gradation)
nominative ranta rannat
genitive rannan rantojen
partitive rantaa rantoja
illative rantaan rantoihin
singular plural
nominative ranta rannat
accusative nom. ranta rannat
gen. rannan
genitive rannan rantojen
rantainrare
partitive rantaa rantoja
inessive rannassa rannoissa
elative rannasta rannoista
illative rantaan rantoihin
adessive rannalla rannoilla
ablative rannalta rannoilta
allative rannalle rannoille
essive rantana rantoina
translative rannaksi rannoiksi
instructive — rannoin
abessive rannatta rannoitta
comitative — rantoineen
Possessive forms of ranta (type kala)
possessor singular plural
1st person rantani rantamme
2nd person rantasi rantanne
3rd person rantansa

Derived terms

Compounds
compounds

Ingrian
Ranta.

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ranta, from an Indo-European language (compare German Strand and Lithuanian krantas). Cognates include Finnish ranta and Estonian rand.

Pronunciation
  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈrɑntɑ/, [ˈrɑnd]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈrɑntɑ/, [ˈrɑnd̥ɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑntɑ
  • Hyphenation: ran‧ta

Noun

ranta

  1. shore, coast
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 25:
      Lapset jooksoot rantaa.
      Children are running towards the shore.
    • 1936, L. G. Terehova; V. G. Erdeli, Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, transl., Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 5:
      Oli jo pimmiä, kons möö näimmä pioneeriin tulen joen rannalt.
      It was already dark, when we saw the pioneers' fire from the river's shore.

Declension
Declension of ranta (type 3/kana, nt-nn gradation)
singular plural
nominative ranta rannat
genitive rannan rantoin
partitive rantaa rantoja
illative rantaa rantoi
inessive rannaas rannois
elative rannast rannoist
allative rannalle rannoille
adessive rannaal rannoil
ablative rannalt rannoilt
translative rannaks rannoiks
essive rantanna, rantaan rantoinna, rantoin
exessive1) rantant rantoint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

References
  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 20
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 464
  • Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎, →ISBN, page 53
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