linna

linna

1. genitive singular of linn
2. partitive singular of linn
3. illative singular of linn

From Proto-Finnic *litna.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlinːɑ/, [ˈlinːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -inːɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): lin‧na

linna

1. castle (fortified building)
2. (colloquial) prison, jail, slammer
3. (informal, chiefly in locational cases) Synonym of Linnan juhlat.

Also used as a suffix in the formation of town names.

• “linna”, 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 2023-07-03

• nilan

From Old Norse linna, from Proto-Germanic *linnaną (“to move aside, swerve from, cease”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyh₂- (“to avoid, elude, decline, shrink away from, recede”). Cognate with English dialectal lin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪnːa/
• Rhymes: -ɪnːa

linna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative linnti, supine linnt)

1. (intransitive or impersonal) to stop, to abate

From Proto-Finnic *litna (“town, castle”). Cognates include Finnish linna (“castle”) and Estonian linn (“city”).

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈlinːɑ/, [ˈlʲinː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈlʲinːɑ/, [ˈlʲinːɑ]
• Rhymes: -inː, -inːɑ
• Hyphenation: lin‧na

linna

1. town, city
   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 47:

     Seel kasvaat meijen linnat nooret.

     There our young cities grow.

   • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 5:

     Möö tovarişşanka jo aikaa laatisimma pioneeroille, kummat seisoit laageriis ei etähääl meijen linnast.

     For a long time, a comrade and I wanted to go to the pioneers, that were camping not far from our city.

Declension of linna (type 3/kana, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	linna	linnat
genitive	linnan	linnoin
partitive	linnaa	linnoja
illative	linnaa	linnoi
inessive	linnaas	linnois
elative	linnast	linnoist
allative	linnalle	linnoille
adessive	linnaal	linnoil
ablative	linnalt	linnoilt
translative	linnaks	linnoiks
essive	linnanna, linnaan	linnoinna, linnoin
exessive1)	linnant	linnoint
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.

• Fedor Tumansky (1790) “линна”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 685
• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 14
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 267
• Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎^[3], →ISBN, page 72

Regional variants of linna

North Karelian (Viena)	linna
South Karelian (Tver)	linna

From Proto-Finnic *litna (“town, castle”). Cognates include Finnish linna (“castle”) and Estonian linn (“city”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlʲinːɑ/
• Hyphenation: lin‧na

linna (genitive linnan, partitive linnua)

1. town, city
2. (dated) castle, fortress

Viena Karelian declension of linna (type 4/kala, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	linna	linnat
genitive	linnan	linnojen
partitive	linnua	linnoja
illative	linnah	linnoih
inessive	linnašša	linnoissa
elative	linnašta	linnoista
adessive	linnalla	linnoilla
ablative	linnalta	linnoilta
translative	linnakši	linnoiksi
essive	linnana	linnoina
comitative	—	linnoineh
abessive	linnatta	linnoitta

Tver Karelian declension of linna (type 4/kala no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	linna	linnat
genitive	linnan	linnoin
partitive	linnua	linnoida
illative	linnah	linnoih
inessive	linnašša	linnoissa
elative	linnašta	linnoista
adessive	linnalla	linnoilla
ablative	linnalda	linnoilda
translative	linnakši	linnoiksi
essive	linnana	linnoina
comitative	linnanke	linnoinke
abessive	linnatta	linnoitta

Possessive forms of linna
1st person	linnani
2nd person	linnaš
3rd person	linnah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

• P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “linna”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN
• A. V. Punzhina (1994) “linna”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
• Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “linna”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎^[4], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN

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linna f (genitive linnae); first declension

1. A kind of garment typical of Gauls

First-declension noun.

• linna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

linna

1. accusative/genitive plural of linnr

From Latin ligna, plural of lignum, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-no- (“that which is collected”), from *leǵ-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlinna/

linna m (plural linnas)

1. wood