isokauris
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
iso (“big”) + kauris (“small deer”). Coined by Nisäkäsnimistötoimikunta (Committee for Mammal Names) in 2008. Before that this animal was called saksanhirvi (literally “German elk”) or punahirvi (literally “red elk”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
isokauris
Usage notes edit
This term is slowly gaining ground, but saksanhirvi still appears to be clearly more commonly used (in 2017).
Declension edit
Inflection of isokauris (Kotus type 41/vieras, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | isokauris | isokauriit | ||
genitive | isokauriin | isokauriiden isokauriitten | ||
partitive | isokaurista | isokauriita | ||
illative | isokauriiseen | isokauriisiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | isokauris | isokauriit | ||
accusative | nom. | isokauris | isokauriit | |
gen. | isokauriin | |||
genitive | isokauriin | isokauriiden isokauriitten isokauristenrare | ||
partitive | isokaurista | isokauriita | ||
inessive | isokauriissa | isokauriissa | ||
elative | isokauriista | isokauriista | ||
illative | isokauriiseen | isokauriisiin isokauriihinrare | ||
adessive | isokauriilla | isokauriilla | ||
ablative | isokauriilta | isokauriilta | ||
allative | isokauriille | isokauriille | ||
essive | isokauriina | isokauriina | ||
translative | isokauriiksi | isokauriiksi | ||
abessive | isokauriitta | isokauriitta | ||
instructive | — | isokauriin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
Further reading edit
- “isokauris”, 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 2023-07-02