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
• Syllabification^(key): lin‧na
• 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 3 July 2023

• 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) [Geography: textbook for Ingrian elementary school third grade (first part)], 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.

• 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

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

• 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