knoppi
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Back-formation from knoppologia; see it for more
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]knoppi
- trivia, triviality, detail (insignificant item of unimportant information, especially one assumed useful for passing an exam)
- Napoleonin syntymävuosi on pelkkä knoppi—etenkin, jos ei ymmärrä hänen vaikutustaan historiassa.
- Napoleon’s birth year is a mere triviality—especially if one does not understand his influence in history.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of knoppi (Kotus type 5*B/risti, pp-p gradation) | |||
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nominative | knoppi | knopit | |
genitive | knopin | knoppien | |
partitive | knoppia | knoppeja | |
illative | knoppiin | knoppeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | knoppi | knopit | |
accusative | nom. | knoppi | knopit |
gen. | knopin | ||
genitive | knopin | knoppien | |
partitive | knoppia | knoppeja | |
inessive | knopissa | knopeissa | |
elative | knopista | knopeista | |
illative | knoppiin | knoppeihin | |
adessive | knopilla | knopeilla | |
ablative | knopilta | knopeilta | |
allative | knopille | knopeille | |
essive | knoppina | knoppeina | |
translative | knopiksi | knopeiksi | |
abessive | knopitta | knopeitta | |
instructive | — | knopein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
[edit]- “knoppi”, 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