keltainen valtio
Finnish
editEtymology
editkeltainen (“yellow”) and valtio (“country”)
Noun
edit- (military) maneuver enemy (a fictional state used as OPFOR in planning and training)
- Keltainen valtio on suorittanut useita ilmatilaloukkauksia sekä käynnistänyt laajan sotaharjoituksen Itämerellä.
- The yellow country has committed several airspace violations as well as begun a large-scale military exercise on the Baltic Sea.
- (humorous) Russia
- Synonyms: see Venäjä
Usage notes
editThe color yellow is typical of dummy/training equipment in the Finnish Defense Forces in general, but said equipment is otherwise rarely referred to just by their color.
Declension
editInflection of keltainen valtio (Kotus type 51/nuoripari) | |||
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nominative | keltainen valtio | — | |
genitive | keltaisen valtion | — | |
partitive | keltaista valtiota | — | |
illative | keltaiseen valtioon | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | keltainen valtio | — | |
accusative | nom. | keltainen valtio | — |
gen. | keltaisen valtion | ||
genitive | keltaisen valtion | — | |
partitive | keltaista valtiota | — | |
inessive | keltaisessa valtiossa | — | |
elative | keltaisesta valtiosta | — | |
illative | keltaiseen valtioon | — | |
adessive | keltaisella valtiolla | — | |
ablative | keltaiselta valtiolta | — | |
allative | keltaiselle valtiolle | — | |
essive | keltaisena valtiona | — | |
translative | keltaiseksi valtioksi | — | |
abessive | keltaisetta valtiotta | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |