karku
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *karku. Equivalent to karata (“to escape, run away, flee”) + -u.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
karku
- flight, escape (mostly used in the illative, inessive and elative cases)
- high or full speed, gallop (mostly used idiomatically in the expression täyttä karkua (“at full speed”))
Declension edit
Inflection of karku (Kotus type 1*D/valo, k-∅ gradation) | ||||
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nominative | karku | karut | ||
genitive | karun | karkujen | ||
partitive | karkua | karkuja | ||
illative | karkuun | karkuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | karku | karut | ||
accusative | nom. | karku | karut | |
gen. | karun | |||
genitive | karun | karkujen | ||
partitive | karkua | karkuja | ||
inessive | karussa | karuissa | ||
elative | karusta | karuista | ||
illative | karkuun | karkuihin | ||
adessive | karulla | karuilla | ||
ablative | karulta | karuilta | ||
allative | karulle | karuille | ||
essive | karkuna | karkuina | ||
translative | karuksi | karuiksi | ||
abessive | karutta | karuitta | ||
instructive | — | karuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Further reading edit
- “karku”, 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
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Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
karku m inan