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kärpänen

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *kärpähinen, equivalent to dialectal kärväs (fly egg) +‎ -(i)nen. Exact cognate with Ingrian kärpäin, Karelian kärbäne and Veps kärbhaine, more distantly Estonian kärbes, likely also Erzya карво (karvo), Moksha кару (karu), Eastern Mari карме (karme).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkærpænen/, [ˈk̟ærpæne̞n]
  • Rhymes: -ærpænen
  • Hyphenation(key): kär‧pä‧nen

Noun

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kärpänen

  1. fly (dipteran insect of the family Muscidae)
    tehdä kärpäsestä härkänento make a mountain out of a molehill
  2. bug (enthusiasm for something - chiefly in compounds)
    hiihtokärpänenskiing bug
  3. (pesäpallo) an out caused by the baserunner leading (stepping off the base) or trying to leave early, causing the pitcher to throw the ball at the baseman or baseperson who catches it, causing the runner to be out because they were not in the base when the ball was caught

Declension

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Inflection of kärpänen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
nominative kärpänen kärpäset
genitive kärpäsen kärpästen
kärpäsien
partitive kärpästä kärpäsiä
illative kärpäseen kärpäsiin
singular plural
nominative kärpänen kärpäset
accusative nom. kärpänen kärpäset
gen. kärpäsen
genitive kärpäsen kärpästen
kärpäsien
partitive kärpästä kärpäsiä
inessive kärpäsessä kärpäsissä
elative kärpäsestä kärpäsistä
illative kärpäseen kärpäsiin
adessive kärpäsellä kärpäsillä
ablative kärpäseltä kärpäsiltä
allative kärpäselle kärpäsille
essive kärpäsenä kärpäsinä
translative kärpäseksi kärpäsiksi
abessive kärpäsettä kärpäsittä
instructive kärpäsin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of kärpänen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)

Derived terms

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Further reading

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