rönsy
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly sound-symbolic[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]rönsy
- (botany) runner, stolon (shoot that grows along the ground).
- offshoot (that which develops from something else)
- rikollisjärjestön rönsy ― offshoot of a criminal organization
Declension
[edit]Inflection of rönsy (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | rönsy | rönsyt | |
genitive | rönsyn | rönsyjen | |
partitive | rönsyä | rönsyjä | |
illative | rönsyyn | rönsyihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | rönsy | rönsyt | |
accusative | nom. | rönsy | rönsyt |
gen. | rönsyn | ||
genitive | rönsyn | rönsyjen | |
partitive | rönsyä | rönsyjä | |
inessive | rönsyssä | rönsyissä | |
elative | rönsystä | rönsyistä | |
illative | rönsyyn | rönsyihin | |
adessive | rönsyllä | rönsyillä | |
ablative | rönsyltä | rönsyiltä | |
allative | rönsylle | rönsyille | |
essive | rönsynä | rönsyinä | |
translative | rönsyksi | rönsyiksi | |
abessive | rönsyttä | rönsyittä | |
instructive | — | rönsyin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit]- (offshoot): haara
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
References
[edit]- ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- “rönsy”, 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