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drotninki

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Finnish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Swedish drottning.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdrotniŋki/, [ˈdro̞t̪n̪iŋk̟i]
  • Rhymes: -otniŋki
  • Syllabification(key): drot‧nin‧ki
  • Hyphenation(key): drot‧nin‧ki

Noun

drotninki (obsolete, literary)

  1. synonym of kuningatar (queen, female monarch or wife of a king) [16th19th c.]
    • 1544, Mikael Agricola, Rucouskiria [Prayer Book], Stockholm, →OCLC, signature F5, recto:
      ſeurakunnan / eli Canſſan / ſen Chriſtuſen kihilattun fraawan / caunin Morſiamen / puchtan Neitzoͤn / ia Taiualiſen Troͤtingin
      [seurakunnan, eli kansan, sen Kristuksen kihlatun fraavan [rouvan], kauniin morsiamen, puhtaan neitsyen, ja taivaallisen trötingin]
      of the congregation, or the people, the betrothed lady of Christ, fair bride, pure virgin, and heavenly queen
    • 1873 October 28, Tampereen Sanomat (newspaper), Tampere, →ISSN, page [4]:
      Enſimmäinen Englantilai- nen hallitſija, joka piti kahwelia, oli rottninki Eliſabeth
      The first English ruler to hold a fork was Queen Elizabeth
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:drotninki.

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Further reading

  • drotninki”, in Vanhan kirjasuomen sanakirja [Dictionary of Old Literary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, incomplete, continuously updated), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2021, →ISSN, retrieved 14 August 2024.
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