haahka
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *hahka (“gray?”), possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ačka (“gray? white?”). If so, may be related to Erzya ашо (ašo, “white”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
haahka
- any of the Northern hemisphere sea ducks of the eider family, especially the common eider (Somateria mollissima)
- (vulgar) an older, aged woman
Declension edit
Inflection of haahka (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | haahka | haahkat | ||
genitive | haahkan | haahkojen | ||
partitive | haahkaa | haahkoja | ||
illative | haahkaan | haahkoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | haahka | haahkat | ||
accusative | nom. | haahka | haahkat | |
gen. | haahkan | |||
genitive | haahkan | haahkojen haahkainrare | ||
partitive | haahkaa | haahkoja | ||
inessive | haahkassa | haahkoissa | ||
elative | haahkasta | haahkoista | ||
illative | haahkaan | haahkoihin | ||
adessive | haahkalla | haahkoilla | ||
ablative | haahkalta | haahkoilta | ||
allative | haahkalle | haahkoille | ||
essive | haahkana | haahkoina | ||
translative | haahkaksi | haahkoiksi | ||
abessive | haahkatta | haahkoitta | ||
instructive | — | haahkoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
compounds
See also edit
- kalkas (male of common eider)
Further reading edit
- “haahka”, 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