nurmilintu
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
nurmi (“lawn, grass”) + lintu (“bird”)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nurmilintu (rare, folk poetic)
- an endearing term for a child
Usage notes edit
Attestation is mostly restricted to a single well-known lullaby.
Declension edit
Inflection of nurmilintu (Kotus type 1*J/valo, nt-nn gradation) | ||||
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nominative | nurmilintu | nurmilinnut | ||
genitive | nurmilinnun | nurmilintujen | ||
partitive | nurmilintua | nurmilintuja | ||
illative | nurmilintuun | nurmilintuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | nurmilintu | nurmilinnut | ||
accusative | nom. | nurmilintu | nurmilinnut | |
gen. | nurmilinnun | |||
genitive | nurmilinnun | nurmilintujen | ||
partitive | nurmilintua | nurmilintuja | ||
inessive | nurmilinnussa | nurmilinnuissa | ||
elative | nurmilinnusta | nurmilinnuista | ||
illative | nurmilintuun | nurmilintuihin | ||
adessive | nurmilinnulla | nurmilinnuilla | ||
ablative | nurmilinnulta | nurmilinnuilta | ||
allative | nurmilinnulle | nurmilinnuille | ||
essive | nurmilintuna | nurmilintuina | ||
translative | nurmilinnuksi | nurmilinnuiksi | ||
abessive | nurmilinnutta | nurmilinnuitta | ||
instructive | — | nurmilinnuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |