marjaskarhu
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]marja (“berry”) + -s + karhu (“bear”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]marjaskarhu
- A berry-eating bear.
- (figuratively) An irritable person.
- Huutaa kuin marjaskarhu.
- Yells like a bear that eats berries.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of marjaskarhu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | marjaskarhu | marjaskarhut | |
genitive | marjaskarhun | marjaskarhujen | |
partitive | marjaskarhua | marjaskarhuja | |
illative | marjaskarhuun | marjaskarhuihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | marjaskarhu | marjaskarhut | |
accusative | nom. | marjaskarhu | marjaskarhut |
gen. | marjaskarhun | ||
genitive | marjaskarhun | marjaskarhujen | |
partitive | marjaskarhua | marjaskarhuja | |
inessive | marjaskarhussa | marjaskarhuissa | |
elative | marjaskarhusta | marjaskarhuista | |
illative | marjaskarhuun | marjaskarhuihin | |
adessive | marjaskarhulla | marjaskarhuilla | |
ablative | marjaskarhulta | marjaskarhuilta | |
allative | marjaskarhulle | marjaskarhuille | |
essive | marjaskarhuna | marjaskarhuina | |
translative | marjaskarhuksi | marjaskarhuiksi | |
abessive | marjaskarhutta | marjaskarhuitta | |
instructive | — | marjaskarhuin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
References
[edit]- “marjaskarhu”, in Suomen murteiden sanakirja [Dictionary of Finnish Dialects][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, incomplete, continuously updated), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2022, →ISSN.
Further reading
[edit]- “marjaskarhu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (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