pelargoni
Finnish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Swedish pelargon. The dialectal variants like pela(r)kuu(ni) show a more direct borrowing, while the standard form pelargoni has been brought closer to the Latinate Pelargonium.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpelargoni
- pelargonium, storksbill; geranium (any plant in the genus Pelargonium)
Usage notes
editPelargoniums are often commonly known in English as geraniums, because the two genera were earlier regarded as being one, called Geranium.
Declension
editInflection of pelargoni (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | pelargoni | pelargonit | |
genitive | pelargonin | pelargonien | |
partitive | pelargonia | pelargoneja | |
illative | pelargoniin | pelargoneihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | pelargoni | pelargonit | |
accusative | nom. | pelargoni | pelargonit |
gen. | pelargonin | ||
genitive | pelargonin | pelargonien | |
partitive | pelargonia | pelargoneja | |
inessive | pelargonissa | pelargoneissa | |
elative | pelargonista | pelargoneista | |
illative | pelargoniin | pelargoneihin | |
adessive | pelargonilla | pelargoneilla | |
ablative | pelargonilta | pelargoneilta | |
allative | pelargonille | pelargoneille | |
essive | pelargonina | pelargoneina | |
translative | pelargoniksi | pelargoneiksi | |
abessive | pelargonitta | pelargoneitta | |
instructive | — | pelargonein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
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See also
editFurther reading
edit- “pelargoni”, 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 2023-07-03
Italian
editNoun
editpelargoni m
- plural of pelargonio