kiisu
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
Compare Finnish kisu. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
kiisu (genitive kiisu, partitive kiisut)
Inflection edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Swedish kis (“pyrite”), from German Kies.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kiisu
- (mineralogy) pyrite (any metallic-looking sulphide)
Declension edit
Inflection of kiisu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | kiisu | kiisut | ||
genitive | kiisun | kiisujen | ||
partitive | kiisua | kiisuja | ||
illative | kiisuun | kiisuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | kiisu | kiisut | ||
accusative | nom. | kiisu | kiisut | |
gen. | kiisun | |||
genitive | kiisun | kiisujen | ||
partitive | kiisua | kiisuja | ||
inessive | kiisussa | kiisuissa | ||
elative | kiisusta | kiisuista | ||
illative | kiisuun | kiisuihin | ||
adessive | kiisulla | kiisuilla | ||
ablative | kiisulta | kiisuilta | ||
allative | kiisulle | kiisuille | ||
essive | kiisuna | kiisuina | ||
translative | kiisuksi | kiisuiksi | ||
abessive | kiisutta | kiisuitta | ||
instructive | — | kiisuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
compounds
Further reading edit
- “kiisu”, 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