rinta

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *rinta. Cognate to Estonian rind and also more distantly Northern Sami raddi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrintɑ/, [ˈrin̪t̪ɑ]
  • Rhymes: -intɑ
  • Syllabification(key): rin‧ta

Noun

rinta

  1. (chiefly plural) breast (particularly female)
    Synonym: thesaurus:tissi
  2. chest, especially the front side of it (thorax)

Declension

Inflection of rinta (Kotus type 9*J/kala, nt-nn gradation)
nominative rinta rinnat
genitive rinnan rintojen
partitive rintaa rintoja
illative rintaan rintoihin
singular plural
nominative rinta rinnat
accusative nom. rinta rinnat
gen. rinnan
genitive rinnan rintojen
rintainrare
partitive rintaa rintoja
inessive rinnassa rinnoissa
elative rinnasta rinnoista
illative rintaan rintoihin
adessive rinnalla rinnoilla
ablative rinnalta rinnoilta
allative rinnalle rinnoille
essive rintana rintoina
translative rinnaksi rinnoiksi
instructive rinnoin
abessive rinnatta rinnoitta
comitative rintoineen
Possessive forms of rinta (type kala)
possessor singular plural
1st person rintani rintamme
2nd person rintasi rintanne
3rd person rintansa

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Ingrian

Rinta (1) meehen.
Rinta (2).

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *rinta. Cognates include Finnish rinta and Estonian rind.

The semantic shift "chest" > "hillside" is comparable to the Finnish term rinne (hillside).

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈrintɑ/, [ˈrind]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈrintɑ/, [ˈrind̥ɑ]
  • Rhymes: -intɑ
  • Hyphenation: rin‧ta

Noun

rinta

  1. chest, thorax
  2. slope, hillside
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 41:
      Kolhosa rinnal töötä tekköö.
      The kolkhoz has to work on the hillside.

Declension

Declension of rinta (type 3/kana, nt-nn gradation)
singular plural
nominative rinta rinnat
genitive rinnan rintoin
partitive rintaa rintoja
illative rintaa rintoi
inessive rinnaas rinnois
elative rinnast rinnoist
allative rinnalle rinnoille
adessive rinnaal rinnoil
ablative rinnalt rinnoilt
translative rinnaks rinnoiks
essive rintanna, rintaan rintoinna, rintoin
exessive1) rintant rintoint
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.

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References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 478
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