horsma
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *horma. Has many dialectal variants (e.g. horma, hormu, forsma). The intrusive -s- is unexplained. Also related to Karelian horma, the initial component in Veps hormhein and Estonian vorm (“meadowsweet”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]horsma
- One of several plants of the genus Epilobium; willowherb.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of horsma (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | horsma | horsmat | ||
genitive | horsman | horsmien | ||
partitive | horsmaa | horsmia | ||
illative | horsmaan | horsmiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | horsma | horsmat | ||
accusative | nom. | horsma | horsmat | |
gen. | horsman | |||
genitive | horsman | horsmien horsmain rare | ||
partitive | horsmaa | horsmia | ||
inessive | horsmassa | horsmissa | ||
elative | horsmasta | horsmista | ||
illative | horsmaan | horsmiin | ||
adessive | horsmalla | horsmilla | ||
ablative | horsmalta | horsmilta | ||
allative | horsmalle | horsmille | ||
essive | horsmana | horsmina | ||
translative | horsmaksi | horsmiksi | ||
abessive | horsmatta | horsmitta | ||
instructive | — | horsmin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “horsma”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02