varpushaukka
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]varpushaukka
- a European sparrowhawk, sparrow hawk, sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus
- a number of hawk species in the genus Accipiter
Usage notes
[edit]The terms varpushaukka and sparrowhawk are only partly overlapping. Several of the species called sparrowhawk in English are called lintuhaukka in Finnish.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of varpushaukka (Kotus type 9*A/kala, kk-k gradation) | |||
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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. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “varpushaukka”, 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 2023-07-04