sankari

Finnish

Etymology

From a Germanic language, cf. Swedish sångare (Old Swedish sangare). Compare with Väinämöinen, the singing hero.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: san‧ka‧ri
  • Rhymes: -ɑri
  • IPA(key): [ˈsɑŋkɑri]

Noun

sankari

  1. hero, heroine

Declension

Inflection of sankari (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative sankari sankarit
genitive sankarin sankarien
sankareiden
sankareitten
partitive sankaria sankareita
sankareja
illative sankariin sankareihin
singular plural
nominative sankari sankarit
accusative nom. sankari sankarit
gen. sankarin
genitive sankarin sankarien
sankareiden
sankareitten
partitive sankaria sankareita
sankareja
inessive sankarissa sankareissa
elative sankarista sankareista
illative sankariin sankareihin
adessive sankarilla sankareilla
ablative sankarilta sankareilta
allative sankarille sankareille
essive sankarina sankareina
translative sankariksi sankareiksi
instructive sankarein
abessive sankaritta sankareitta
comitative sankareineen
  • An alternative genitive plural sankarten exists.

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