hallitus

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Estonian

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Etymology

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From hallitama +‎ -us.

Noun

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hallitus (genitive hallituse, partitive hallitust)

  1. mould/mold (fungi)

Declension

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Declension of hallitus (ÕS type 11/harjutus, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative hallitus hallitused
accusative nom.
gen. hallituse
genitive hallituste
partitive hallitust hallitusi
illative hallitusse
hallitusesse
hallitustesse
hallitusisse
inessive hallituses hallitustes
hallitusis
elative hallitusest hallitustest
hallitusist
allative hallitusele hallitustele
hallitusile
adessive hallitusel hallitustel
hallitusil
ablative hallituselt hallitustelt
hallitusilt
translative hallituseks hallitusteks
hallitusiks
terminative hallituseni hallitusteni
essive hallitusena hallitustena
abessive hallituseta hallitusteta
comitative hallitusega hallitustega

Derived terms

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Finnish

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Etymology

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hallita (to rule, govern, administer) +‎ -tus. Coined by Finnish clergyman Mikael Agricola.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhɑlːitus/, [ˈhɑ̝lːit̪us̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlːitus
  • Syllabification(key): hal‧li‧tus

Noun

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hallitus

  1. cabinet, government, administration (group of ministers responsible for creating government policy and for overseeing the departments comprising the executive branch)
    Synonym: valtioneuvosto (official term for the Finnish government)
  2. government, regime, (US) administration (state and its administration viewed as the ruling political power)
  3. board, board of directors, board of trustees (of almost any organisation including corporations and associations)
  4. Ellipsis of kunnanhallitus (municipal board, board of selectmen).
  5. agency, administration, authority (government body or branch of government entrusted with administration of a defined subsector; usually a part of a ministry)
    Metsähallitus
    Opetushallitus
  6. (religion) principality (rank of angel)

Declension

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Inflection of hallitus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative hallitus hallitukset
genitive hallituksen hallitusten
hallituksien
partitive hallitusta hallituksia
illative hallitukseen hallituksiin
singular plural
nominative hallitus hallitukset
accusative nom. hallitus hallitukset
gen. hallituksen
genitive hallituksen hallitusten
hallituksien
partitive hallitusta hallituksia
inessive hallituksessa hallituksissa
elative hallituksesta hallituksista
illative hallitukseen hallituksiin
adessive hallituksella hallituksilla
ablative hallitukselta hallituksilta
allative hallitukselle hallituksille
essive hallituksena hallituksina
translative hallitukseksi hallituksiksi
abessive hallituksetta hallituksitta
instructive hallituksin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of hallitus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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compounds

Further reading

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