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,
The noun sotilas is a native Finnish term meaning a member of the military or armed forces.
Sotilasta does not function as a proper noun or title; it is a grammatical form of a