örkki
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Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from English orc, with fronting to associate with ölistä, öristä. Coined by translator Kersti Juva in 1973.
Pronunciation
Noun
örkki
Declension
| Inflection of örkki (Kotus type 5*A/risti, kk-k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | örkki | örkit | |
| genitive | örkin | örkkien | |
| partitive | örkkiä | örkkejä | |
| illative | örkkiin | örkkeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | örkki | örkit | |
| accusative | nom. | örkki | örkit |
| gen. | örkin | ||
| genitive | örkin | örkkien | |
| partitive | örkkiä | örkkejä | |
| inessive | örkissä | örkeissä | |
| elative | örkistä | örkeistä | |
| illative | örkkiin | örkkeihin | |
| adessive | örkillä | örkeillä | |
| ablative | örkiltä | örkeiltä | |
| allative | örkille | örkeille | |
| essive | örkkinä | örkkeinä | |
| translative | örkiksi | örkeiksi | |
| abessive | örkittä | örkeittä | |
| instructive | — | örkein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
- “örkki”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04