kirva
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain; possibly from Slavic (compare Russian червь (červʹ))
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kirva
- aphid, commonly also plant louse or greenfly, blackfly, whitefly according to color
Declension
[edit]Inflection of kirva (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | kirva | kirvat | |
genitive | kirvan | kirvojen | |
partitive | kirvaa | kirvoja | |
illative | kirvaan | kirvoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kirva | kirvat | |
accusative | nom. | kirva | kirvat |
gen. | kirvan | ||
genitive | kirvan | kirvojen kirvain rare | |
partitive | kirvaa | kirvoja | |
inessive | kirvassa | kirvoissa | |
elative | kirvasta | kirvoista | |
illative | kirvaan | kirvoihin | |
adessive | kirvalla | kirvoilla | |
ablative | kirvalta | kirvoilta | |
allative | kirvalle | kirvoille | |
essive | kirvana | kirvoina | |
translative | kirvaksi | kirvoiksi | |
abessive | kirvatta | kirvoitta | |
instructive | — | kirvoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “kirva”, 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