ohdake
Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *ohta- + -ke, possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic *ašta-.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editohdake
Usage notes
editIn English common usage, the term thistle is used of prickly plants belonging to 15 genera (see: thistle). In Finnish plant names the use of ohdake is limited to genera Cirsium and Onopordum. Due to their resemblance to Cirsium, also plants belonging to genera Carduus (karhiainen), Carlina (kurho) and Arctium (takiainen) are often called ohdake in everyday language.
Declension
editInflection of ohdake (Kotus type 48*A/hame, kk-k gradation) | ||||
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nominative | ohdake | ohdakkeet | ||
genitive | ohdakkeen | ohdakkeiden ohdakkeitten | ||
partitive | ohdaketta | ohdakkeita | ||
illative | ohdakkeeseen | ohdakkeisiin ohdakkeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | ohdake | ohdakkeet | ||
accusative | nom. | ohdake | ohdakkeet | |
gen. | ohdakkeen | |||
genitive | ohdakkeen | ohdakkeiden ohdakkeitten | ||
partitive | ohdaketta | ohdakkeita | ||
inessive | ohdakkeessa | ohdakkeissa | ||
elative | ohdakkeesta | ohdakkeista | ||
illative | ohdakkeeseen | ohdakkeisiin ohdakkeihin | ||
adessive | ohdakkeella | ohdakkeilla | ||
ablative | ohdakkeelta | ohdakkeilta | ||
allative | ohdakkeelle | ohdakkeille | ||
essive | ohdakkeena | ohdakkeina | ||
translative | ohdakkeeksi | ohdakkeiksi | ||
abessive | ohdakkeetta | ohdakkeitta | ||
instructive | — | ohdakkein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
editcompounds
- huopaohdake (“Cirsium helenioides or Cirsium heterophyllum”)
- keltaohdake (“Cirsium oleraceum”)
- kruunuohdake (“Onopordum acanthium”)
- kääpiöohdake (“Cirsium acaule”)
- maarianohdake
- maito-ohdake
- ohdakekirppa
- ohdakeperhonen
- pallo-ohdake
- pelto-ohdake (“Cirsium arvense”)
- piikkiohdake (“Cirsium vulgare or Cirsium lanceolatum”)
- suo-ohdake (“Cirsium palustre”)
Further reading
edit- “ohdake”, 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 2023-07-03