erä
See also: erae and Appendix:Variations of "era"
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *erä (“apart”).[1]
Noun
erä
- batch (quantity of anything produced at one operation)
- lot (separate portion; a number of things taken collectively)
- instalment; short for maksuerä (partial payment)
- (accounting) item, entry; short for tilierä
- (sports) a subdivision of game time (can be a time-limited part of a match between two parties or, where the number of contestants exceeds the capacity of the sports facillity, a qualifying competition between a subset of contestants, the translation into English varies by sport)
- (ice hockey) period
- (soccer) half
- (basketball) quarter or half, depending on rules applied
- (boxing) round
- (tennis, volleyball) set
- (squash (sport)) game
- (athletics) heat
- (polo) chukker
- (rare, hunting) game, catch
- (archaic) wilderness, especially one that is good hunting ground.
Declension
Inflection of erä (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | erä | erät | |
genitive | erän | erien | |
partitive | erää | eriä | |
illative | erään | eriin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | erä | erät | |
accusative | nom. | erä | erät |
gen. | erän | ||
genitive | erän | erien eräinrare | |
partitive | erää | eriä | |
inessive | erässä | erissä | |
elative | erästä | eristä | |
illative | erään | eriin | |
adessive | erällä | erillä | |
ablative | erältä | eriltä | |
allative | erälle | erille | |
essive | eränä | erinä | |
translative | eräksi | eriksi | |
instructive | — | erin | |
abessive | erättä | erittä | |
comitative | — | erineen |
Compounds
compounds
References
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004-2005). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Juva: WSOY. →ISBN.
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