lanta – Finnish noun declension

Finnish noun forms of lanta

Noun type: 9

Characteristics

Singular

Nominativelanta
Partitivelantaa
Genetivelannan
Accusativelannan
Inessivelannassa
Elativelannasta
Illativelantaan
Adessivelannalla
Ablativelannalta
Allativelannalle
Essivelantana
Translativelannaksi
Abessivelannatta

Plural

Nominativelannat
Partitivelantoja
Genetivelantojen
Accusativelannat
Inessivelannoissa
Elativelannoista
Illativelantoihin
Adessivelannoilla
Ablativelannoilta
Allativelannoille
Essivelantoina
Translativelannoiksi
Abessivelannoitta
Instructivelannoin
Comitativelantoine

Sample Sentences

  • Near-synonym: sonta

Etymology

1. Variant of lansi (“low-lying land”), possibly by backformation from dialectal lantea (“fertile, of land”). Semantic development has probably been through "fertile soil, material used as fertilizer". Attested since the early 18th century.
2. A connection has also been purported to Proto-Germanic *hlandą (“urine”).

Nouns inflected like lanta

aapa, aatra, aava, abbedissa, abrakadabra, abskissa, adventtiaika, aerodynamiikka, afta, agenda, ahdelauha, ahkeraliisa, ahma, ahminta, ahnehdinta, aika, aina, aisa, aita, aitta, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)