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peninkulma
peninkulma
Finnish
Noun
peninkulma
- A traditional measure of length equal to 10 versts.
Declension
| Inflection of peninkulma (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | peninkulma | peninkulmat | |
| genitive | peninkulman | peninkulmien | |
| partitive | peninkulmaa | peninkulmia | |
| illative | peninkulmaan | peninkulmiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | peninkulma | peninkulmat | |
| accusative | nom. | peninkulma | peninkulmat |
| gen. | peninkulman | ||
| genitive | peninkulman | peninkulmien peninkulmainrare |
|
| partitive | peninkulmaa | peninkulmia | |
| inessive | peninkulmassa | peninkulmissa | |
| elative | peninkulmasta | peninkulmista | |
| illative | peninkulmaan | peninkulmiin | |
| adessive | peninkulmalla | peninkulmilla | |
| ablative | peninkulmalta | peninkulmilta | |
| allative | peninkulmalle | peninkulmille | |
| essive | peninkulmana | peninkulmina | |
| translative | peninkulmaksi | peninkulmiksi | |
| instructive | — | peninkulmin | |
| abessive | peninkulmatta | peninkulmitta | |
| comitative | — | peninkulmineen | |
Usage notes
A Finnish verst (virsta) is slightly longer (1068.8 meters) than the Russian equivalent верста (versta) (1066.8 meters), thus making the length of peninkulma 10.688 kilometers (= 6.64 miles), similarly to Swedish mil.