serkku
Finnish
editEtymology
editLikely developed from an earlier seukku (with contamination from sirkku (“(dialectal) sister”), derived from sisar), from Karelian šeukku (compare sevoitar), derived from setä.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editserkku
Declension
editInflection of serkku (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation) | |||
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nominative | serkku | serkut | |
genitive | serkun | serkkujen | |
partitive | serkkua | serkkuja | |
illative | serkkuun | serkkuihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | serkku | serkut | |
accusative | nom. | serkku | serkut |
gen. | serkun | ||
genitive | serkun | serkkujen | |
partitive | serkkua | serkkuja | |
inessive | serkussa | serkuissa | |
elative | serkusta | serkuista | |
illative | serkkuun | serkkuihin | |
adessive | serkulla | serkuilla | |
ablative | serkulta | serkuilta | |
allative | serkulle | serkuille | |
essive | serkkuna | serkkuina | |
translative | serkuksi | serkuiksi | |
abessive | serkutta | serkuitta | |
instructive | — | serkuin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
editDerived terms
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See also
editFurther reading
edit- “serkku”, 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 2023-07-01