nokivaris
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
noki (“soot”) + varis (“crow”)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nokivaris
Usage notes edit
- Until recently nokivaris (which is rarely seen in Finland) was believed to be just a black variant of hooded crow or grey crow (varis, which is common in Finland). Therefore many dictionaries give "carrion crow" as translation for varis.
Declension edit
Inflection of nokivaris (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | nokivaris | nokivarikset | ||
genitive | nokivariksen | nokivaristen nokivariksien | ||
partitive | nokivarista | nokivariksia | ||
illative | nokivarikseen | nokivariksiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | nokivaris | nokivarikset | ||
accusative | nom. | nokivaris | nokivarikset | |
gen. | nokivariksen | |||
genitive | nokivariksen | nokivaristen nokivariksien | ||
partitive | nokivarista | nokivariksia | ||
inessive | nokivariksessa | nokivariksissa | ||
elative | nokivariksesta | nokivariksista | ||
illative | nokivarikseen | nokivariksiin | ||
adessive | nokivariksella | nokivariksilla | ||
ablative | nokivarikselta | nokivariksilta | ||
allative | nokivarikselle | nokivariksille | ||
essive | nokivariksena | nokivariksina | ||
translative | nokivarikseksi | nokivariksiksi | ||
abessive | nokivariksetta | nokivariksitta | ||
instructive | — | nokivariksin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |