koiska
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
koi (“moth”) + -ska, from the ancient belief that cancer is caused by a worm that eats the body from inside in the same way as the larvae of moth eat the clothes.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
koiska (archaic)
Declension edit
Inflection of koiska (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | koiska | koiskat | ||
genitive | koiskan | koiskien | ||
partitive | koiskaa | koiskia | ||
illative | koiskaan | koiskiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | koiska | koiskat | ||
accusative | nom. | koiska | koiskat | |
gen. | koiskan | |||
genitive | koiskan | koiskien koiskainrare | ||
partitive | koiskaa | koiskia | ||
inessive | koiskassa | koiskissa | ||
elative | koiskasta | koiskista | ||
illative | koiskaan | koiskiin | ||
adessive | koiskalla | koiskilla | ||
ablative | koiskalta | koiskilta | ||
allative | koiskalle | koiskille | ||
essive | koiskana | koiskina | ||
translative | koiskaksi | koiskiksi | ||
abessive | koiskatta | koiskitta | ||
instructive | — | koiskin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |