nokivaris
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]noki (“soot”) + varis (“crow”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nokivaris
Usage notes
[edit]- Until recently nokivaris (which is rarely seen in Finland) was believed to be just a black variant of hooded crow or grey crow (varis, which is common in Finland). Therefore many dictionaries give "carrion crow" as translation for varis.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of nokivaris (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | nokivaris | nokivarikset | |
genitive | nokivariksen | nokivaristen nokivariksien | |
partitive | nokivarista | nokivariksia | |
illative | nokivarikseen | nokivariksiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | nokivaris | nokivarikset | |
accusative | nom. | nokivaris | nokivarikset |
gen. | nokivariksen | ||
genitive | nokivariksen | nokivaristen nokivariksien | |
partitive | nokivarista | nokivariksia | |
inessive | nokivariksessa | nokivariksissa | |
elative | nokivariksesta | nokivariksista | |
illative | nokivarikseen | nokivariksiin | |
adessive | nokivariksella | nokivariksilla | |
ablative | nokivarikselta | nokivariksilta | |
allative | nokivarikselle | nokivariksille | |
essive | nokivariksena | nokivariksina | |
translative | nokivarikseksi | nokivariksiksi | |
abessive | nokivariksetta | nokivariksitta | |
instructive | — | nokivariksin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |