talitiainen
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]tali (“tallow”) + tiainen (“tit”), due to the bird's appetite for tallow
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]talitiainen
- (bird) great tit, Parus major
Declension
[edit]Inflection of talitiainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | talitiainen | talitiaiset | |
genitive | talitiaisen | talitiaisten talitiaisien | |
partitive | talitiaista | talitiaisia | |
illative | talitiaiseen | talitiaisiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | talitiainen | talitiaiset | |
accusative | nom. | talitiainen | talitiaiset |
gen. | talitiaisen | ||
genitive | talitiaisen | talitiaisten talitiaisien | |
partitive | talitiaista | talitiaisia | |
inessive | talitiaisessa | talitiaisissa | |
elative | talitiaisesta | talitiaisista | |
illative | talitiaiseen | talitiaisiin | |
adessive | talitiaisella | talitiaisilla | |
ablative | talitiaiselta | talitiaisilta | |
allative | talitiaiselle | talitiaisille | |
essive | talitiaisena | talitiaisina | |
translative | talitiaiseksi | talitiaisiksi | |
abessive | talitiaisetta | talitiaisitta | |
instructive | — | talitiaisin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit]Hypernyms
[edit]- tiainen (“titmouse, tit”)
Further reading
[edit]- “talitiainen”, 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