kantti
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Swedish kant (“edge”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kantti (informal)
- edge
- Synonym: särmä
- chutzpah; the courage, guts, balls, nerve or audacity to go through with something
Declension[edit]
Inflection of kantti (Kotus type 5*C/risti, tt-t gradation) | ||||
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nominative | kantti | kantit | ||
genitive | kantin | kanttien | ||
partitive | kanttia | kantteja | ||
illative | kanttiin | kantteihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | kantti | kantit | ||
accusative | nom. | kantti | kantit | |
gen. | kantin | |||
genitive | kantin | kanttien | ||
partitive | kanttia | kantteja | ||
inessive | kantissa | kanteissa | ||
elative | kantista | kanteista | ||
illative | kanttiin | kantteihin | ||
adessive | kantilla | kanteilla | ||
ablative | kantilta | kanteilta | ||
allative | kantille | kanteille | ||
essive | kanttina | kantteina | ||
translative | kantiksi | kanteiksi | ||
abessive | kantitta | kanteitta | ||
instructive | — | kantein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
Further reading[edit]
- “kantti”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
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