Sotilasta

Sotilasta is the partitive singular form of the Finnish noun sotilas, which means "soldier." The base form of the word is sotilas; common related forms include the nominative plural sotilaat and the partitive plural sotilaita. The partitive singular sotilasta is used in contexts where the soldier is indefinite or when the object of a verb is not treated as a definite, whole unit. It also occurs in negative sentences and in certain idiomatic constructions that require the partitive case.

In usage, sotilasta often appears as the direct object of verbs that govern the partitive. For example, in a sentence like “Tapasin sotilasta” the speaker is referring to meeting a soldier in an indefinite sense. The form also appears in phrases describing information about a soldier or activities involving soldiers, where the action is not viewed as a complete, definite whole.

The noun sotilas is a native Finnish term meaning a member of the military or armed forces. It is formed through standard Finnish word-formation patterns that create agent nouns from a root connected to war (sota). The word is widely used in Finnish military, historical, and everyday contexts to refer to individual soldiers or soldiers in general.

Sotilasta does not function as a proper noun or title; it is a grammatical form of a common noun. Its correct use depends on the surrounding verb and the aspect of the action, as Finnish grammar frequently marks objects with the partitive case to indicate indefiniteness, non-totality, or ongoing action.