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varpushaukka

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Finnish

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Etymology

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varpus- +‎ haukka

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑrpusˌhɑu̯kːɑ/, [ˈʋɑ̝rpus̠ˌhɑ̝u̯kːɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑukːɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): varpus‧haukka

Noun

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varpushaukka

  1. a European sparrowhawk, sparrow hawk, sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus
  2. a number of hawk species in the genus Accipiter

Usage notes

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The terms varpushaukka and sparrowhawk are only partly overlapping. Several of the species called sparrowhawk in English are called lintuhaukka in Finnish.

Declension

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Inflection of varpushaukka (Kotus type 9*A/kala, kk-k gradation)
nominative varpushaukka varpushaukat
genitive varpushaukan varpushaukkojen
partitive varpushaukkaa varpushaukkoja
illative varpushaukkaan varpushaukkoihin
singular plural
nominative varpushaukka varpushaukat
accusative nom. varpushaukka varpushaukat
gen. varpushaukan
genitive varpushaukan varpushaukkojen
varpushaukkain rare
partitive varpushaukkaa varpushaukkoja
inessive varpushaukassa varpushaukoissa
elative varpushaukasta varpushaukoista
illative varpushaukkaan varpushaukkoihin
adessive varpushaukalla varpushaukoilla
ablative varpushaukalta varpushaukoilta
allative varpushaukalle varpushaukoille
essive varpushaukkana varpushaukkoina
translative varpushaukaksi varpushaukoiksi
abessive varpushaukatta varpushaukoitta
instructive varpushaukoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of varpushaukka (Kotus type 9*A/kala, kk-k gradation)

Derived terms

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compounds

Further reading

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