purka
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sami (compare Northern Sami borgi).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
purka (dialectal)
- moult (the loss of summer fur by an animal before the winter; used at least of reindeer)
Declension edit
Inflection of purka (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | purka | purkat | ||
genitive | purkan | purkien | ||
partitive | purkaa | purkia | ||
illative | purkaan | purkiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | purka | purkat | ||
accusative | nom. | purka | purkat | |
gen. | purkan | |||
genitive | purkan | purkien purkainrare | ||
partitive | purkaa | purkia | ||
inessive | purkassa | purkissa | ||
elative | purkasta | purkista | ||
illative | purkaan | purkiin | ||
adessive | purkalla | purkilla | ||
ablative | purkalta | purkilta | ||
allative | purkalle | purkille | ||
essive | purkana | purkina | ||
translative | purkaksi | purkiksi | ||
abessive | purkatta | purkitta | ||
instructive | — | purkin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
purka m or f
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
purka f (definite singular purka, indefinite plural purker or purkor, definite plural purkene or purkone)
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
Via Latin porcus (“domestic hog, pig”), from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos (“young swine, young pig”).
Noun edit
purka f (genitive purku, plural purkur)
Declension edit
Declension of purka (weak ōn-stem)