selkäranka
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
selkäranka
- (anatomy) backbone, spine, spinal column, vertebral column (series of vertebrae that protect the spinal cord)
- backbone (fundamental support or infrastructure)
- backbone, spine (courage, strength)
Declension edit
Inflection of selkäranka (Kotus type 9*G/kala, nk-ng gradation) | ||||
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nominative | selkäranka | selkärangat | ||
genitive | selkärangan | selkärankojen | ||
partitive | selkärankaa | selkärankoja | ||
illative | selkärankaan | selkärankoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | selkäranka | selkärangat | ||
accusative | nom. | selkäranka | selkärangat | |
gen. | selkärangan | |||
genitive | selkärangan | selkärankojen selkärankainrare | ||
partitive | selkärankaa | selkärankoja | ||
inessive | selkärangassa | selkärangoissa | ||
elative | selkärangasta | selkärangoista | ||
illative | selkärankaan | selkärankoihin | ||
adessive | selkärangalla | selkärangoilla | ||
ablative | selkärangalta | selkärangoilta | ||
allative | selkärangalle | selkärangoille | ||
essive | selkärankana | selkärankoina | ||
translative | selkärangaksi | selkärangoiksi | ||
abessive | selkärangatta | selkärangoitta | ||
instructive | — | selkärangoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
compounds
Further reading edit
- “selkäranka”, 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