oljenkorsi
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]oljen + korsi. Figurative use through the idiom tarttua oljenkorteen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]oljenkorsi
- straw (a single dried stalk of a cereal plant)
- Oljenkorsi joka katkaisee kamelin selän
- The straw that broke the camel's back
- (figuratively) lifeline, resort
Declension
[edit]Inflection of oljenkorsi (Kotus type 28*K/kynsi, rt-rr gradation) | |||
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nominative | oljenkorsi | oljenkorret | |
genitive | oljenkorren | oljenkorsien | |
partitive | oljenkortta | oljenkorsia | |
illative | oljenkorteen | oljenkorsiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | oljenkorsi | oljenkorret | |
accusative | nom. | oljenkorsi | oljenkorret |
gen. | oljenkorren | ||
genitive | oljenkorren | oljenkorsien oljenkortten rare | |
partitive | oljenkortta | oljenkorsia | |
inessive | oljenkorressa | oljenkorsissa | |
elative | oljenkorresta | oljenkorsista | |
illative | oljenkorteen | oljenkorsiin | |
adessive | oljenkorrella | oljenkorsilla | |
ablative | oljenkorrelta | oljenkorsilta | |
allative | oljenkorrelle | oljenkorsille | |
essive | oljenkortena | oljenkorsina | |
translative | oljenkorreksi | oljenkorsiksi | |
abessive | oljenkorretta | oljenkorsitta | |
instructive | — | oljenkorsin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
[edit]- “oljenkorsi”, 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