roima
Estonian
editNoun
editroima
Finnish
editEtymology
editPossibly a back-formation of roimata, roimia (“to beat, pound, thresh, slam, strike”), with influence from reilu, reipas, rohkea. Could have originally meant "hefty, strong", which is found in dialects, especially for the derived roimakka.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈroi̯mɑ/, [ˈro̞i̯mɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -oimɑ
- Syllabification(key): roi‧ma
- Hyphenation(key): roi‧ma
Adjective
editroima (comparative roimempi, superlative roimin)
Declension
edit| Inflection of roima (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | roima | roimat | |
| genitive | roiman | roimien | |
| partitive | roimaa | roimia | |
| illative | roimaan | roimiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | roima | roimat | |
| accusative | nom. | roima | roimat |
| gen. | roiman | ||
| genitive | roiman | roimien roimain rare | |
| partitive | roimaa | roimia | |
| inessive | roimassa | roimissa | |
| elative | roimasta | roimista | |
| illative | roimaan | roimiin | |
| adessive | roimalla | roimilla | |
| ablative | roimalta | roimilta | |
| allative | roimalle | roimille | |
| essive | roimana | roimina | |
| translative | roimaksi | roimiksi | |
| abessive | roimatta | roimitta | |
| instructive | — | roimin | |
| comitative | — | roimine | |
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “roima”, 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 3 July 2023