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 See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of rinta (type kala)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative rintani rintani
accusative nom. rintani rintani
gen. rintani
genitive rintani rintojeni
rintainirare
partitive rintaani rintojani
inessive rinnassani rinnoissani
elative rinnastani rinnoistani
illative rintaani rintoihini
adessive rinnallani rinnoillani
ablative rinnaltani rinnoiltani
allative rinnalleni rinnoilleni
essive rintanani rintoinani
translative rinnakseni rinnoikseni
instructive — —
abessive rinnattani rinnoittani
comitative — rintoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative rintasi rintasi
accusative nom. rintasi rintasi
gen. rintasi
genitive rintasi rintojesi
rintaisirare
partitive rintaasi rintojasi
inessive rinnassasi rinnoissasi
elative rinnastasi rinnoistasi
illative rintaasi rintoihisi
adessive rinnallasi rinnoillasi
ablative rinnaltasi rinnoiltasi
allative rinnallesi rinnoillesi
essive rintanasi rintoinasi
translative rinnaksesi rinnoiksesi
instructive — —
abessive rinnattasi rinnoittasi
comitative — rintoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative rintamme rintamme
accusative nom. rintamme rintamme
gen. rintamme
genitive rintamme rintojemme
rintaimmerare
partitive rintaamme rintojamme
inessive rinnassamme rinnoissamme
elative rinnastamme rinnoistamme
illative rintaamme rintoihimme
adessive rinnallamme rinnoillamme
ablative rinnaltamme rinnoiltamme
allative rinnallemme rinnoillemme
essive rintanamme rintoinamme
translative rinnaksemme rinnoiksemme
instructive — —
abessive rinnattamme rinnoittamme
comitative — rintoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative rintanne rintanne
accusative nom. rintanne rintanne
gen. rintanne
genitive rintanne rintojenne
rintainnerare
partitive rintaanne rintojanne
inessive rinnassanne rinnoissanne
elative rinnastanne rinnoistanne
illative rintaanne rintoihinne
adessive rinnallanne rinnoillanne
ablative rinnaltanne rinnoiltanne
allative rinnallenne rinnoillenne
essive rintananne rintoinanne
translative rinnaksenne rinnoiksenne
instructive — —
abessive rinnattanne rinnoittanne
comitative — rintoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative rintansa rintansa
accusative nom. rintansa rintansa
gen. rintansa
genitive rintansa rintojensa
rintainsarare
partitive rintaansa rintojaan
rintojansa
inessive rinnassaan
rinnassansa		 rinnoissaan
rinnoissansa
elative rinnastaan
rinnastansa		 rinnoistaan
rinnoistansa
illative rintaansa rintoihinsa
adessive rinnallaan
rinnallansa		 rinnoillaan
rinnoillansa
ablative rinnaltaan
rinnaltansa		 rinnoiltaan
rinnoiltansa
allative rinnalleen
rinnallensa		 rinnoilleen
rinnoillensa
essive rintanaan
rintanansa		 rintoinaan
rintoinansa
translative rinnakseen
rinnaksensa		 rinnoikseen
rinnoiksensa
instructive — —
abessive rinnattaan
rinnattansa		 rinnoittaan
rinnoittansa
comitative — rintoineen
rintoinensa

Synonyms

Derived terms

Compounds

Anagrams

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: -int, -intɑ
  • Hyphenation: rin‧ta

Noun

rinta

  1. chest, thorax
    • 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 works with the chest.
  2. Synonym of penger (“slope”)

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.

Derived terms

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