lillukanvarsi
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lillukanvarsi
- (literally) stem of a stone bramble
- An insignificant detail in a discussion that sidetracks the attention from the main issue.
- keskustella lillukanvarsista
- to discuss minor details
- sotkeentua lillukanvarsiin
- to get overwhelmed by details
Declension
[edit]Inflection of lillukanvarsi (Kotus type 28*K/kynsi, rt-rr gradation) | |||
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nominative | lillukanvarsi | lillukanvarret | |
genitive | lillukanvarren | lillukanvarsien | |
partitive | lillukanvartta | lillukanvarsia | |
illative | lillukanvarteen | lillukanvarsiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | lillukanvarsi | lillukanvarret | |
accusative | nom. | lillukanvarsi | lillukanvarret |
gen. | lillukanvarren | ||
genitive | lillukanvarren | lillukanvarsien lillukanvartten rare | |
partitive | lillukanvartta | lillukanvarsia | |
inessive | lillukanvarressa | lillukanvarsissa | |
elative | lillukanvarresta | lillukanvarsista | |
illative | lillukanvarteen | lillukanvarsiin | |
adessive | lillukanvarrella | lillukanvarsilla | |
ablative | lillukanvarrelta | lillukanvarsilta | |
allative | lillukanvarrelle | lillukanvarsille | |
essive | lillukanvartena | lillukanvarsina | |
translative | lillukanvarreksi | lillukanvarsiksi | |
abessive | lillukanvarretta | lillukanvarsitta | |
instructive | — | lillukanvarsin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “lillukanvarsi”, 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 2023-07-03