rinta

Finnish

Etymology

Of Finno-Samic origin. Cognate to Estonian rind. Alternatively of Germanic origin, from Proto-Norse *strinða-. Compare Old Norse strind (“border, side, land”) and Norwegian strind (“slice, line, row”). This is unlikely due to the difference in meaning.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈrin̪t̪ɑ]
Rhymes: -intɑ
Hyphenation: rin‧ta

Noun

rinta

breast
chest, especially the front side of it (thorax)

Declension

Inflection of rinta (Kotus type 9/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
accusative	gen.	rinnan	rinnat
genitive		rinnan	rintojen rintain^rare
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		—	rintoineen

Synonyms

(breast): nisä; (dialectal) kikki; (colloquial) tissi, hinkki, meijeri, munkki, lollo, maitorauhanen
(thorax): rintakehä

Derived terms

rinne
rinnus

Compounds

Anagrams

ratin

Ingrian

Noun

rinta

breast

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