kirsi
Estonian
editNoun
editkirsi
Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *kirci (compare Estonian kirs, Ingrian kersi, Karelian kirsi, Livonian kirt), possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Lithuanian apskirsti (“to freeze”)).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkirsi
- ground frost (frozen top layer of soil caused by cold weather in winter)
Declension
editInflection of kirsi (Kotus type 28*K/kynsi, rt-rr gradation) | |||
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nominative | kirsi | kirret | |
genitive | kirren | kirsien | |
partitive | kirttä | kirsiä | |
illative | kirteen | kirsiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kirsi | kirret | |
accusative | nom. | kirsi | kirret |
gen. | kirren | ||
genitive | kirren | kirsien kirtten rare | |
partitive | kirttä | kirsiä | |
inessive | kirressä | kirsissä | |
elative | kirrestä | kirsistä | |
illative | kirteen | kirsiin | |
adessive | kirrellä | kirsillä | |
ablative | kirreltä | kirsiltä | |
allative | kirrelle | kirsille | |
essive | kirtenä | kirsinä | |
translative | kirreksi | kirsiksi | |
abessive | kirrettä | kirsittä | |
instructive | — | kirsin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
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compounds
Further reading
edit- “kirsi”, 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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