Ingrian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian плодик (plodik).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

plodikka

  1. small fruit
    • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 4:
      Jos katsoa [maitokukan] pöyhkiää harmaata palloa, kumpa tuli keltaisen kukan sihalle, ni siis näkkyy, jot se ono tekahunt pikkaraisist eri plodikoist, kumpiil ono pitkä jalka ja jalan otsaas pöyhkiä zontikka (kuva 1).
      If you look at [the dandelion's] fluffy, grey seedhead, which came at the place of the yellow flower, then it's seen, that it has formed from various tiny fruits, which have a long spur and at the end of the spur a fluffy achene (image 1).

Declension edit

Declension of plodikka (type 3/kana, kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative plodikka plodikat
genitive plodikan plodikkoin
partitive plodikkaa plodikkoja
illative plodikkaa plodikkoihe
inessive plodikaas plodikois
elative plodikast plodikoist
allative plodikalle plodikoille
adessive plodikaal plodikoil
ablative plodikalt plodikoilt
translative plodikaks plodikoiks
essive plodikkanna, plodikkaan plodikkoinna, plodikkoin
exessive1) plodikkant plodikkoint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

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