karhu + saari. Sense "Bear Island" in Svalbard is a calque of Dutch Beeren Eiland, Bereneiland.
Karhusaari
Inflection of Karhusaari (Kotus type 26/pieni, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Karhusaari | Karhusaaret | |
genitive | Karhusaaren | Karhusaarten Karhusaarien | |
partitive | Karhusaarta | Karhusaaria | |
illative | Karhusaareen | Karhusaariin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Karhusaari | Karhusaaret | |
accusative | nom. | Karhusaari | Karhusaaret |
gen. | Karhusaaren | ||
genitive | Karhusaaren | Karhusaarten Karhusaarien | |
partitive | Karhusaarta | Karhusaaria | |
inessive | Karhusaaressa | Karhusaarissa | |
elative | Karhusaaresta | Karhusaarista | |
illative | Karhusaareen | Karhusaariin | |
adessive | Karhusaarella | Karhusaarilla | |
ablative | Karhusaarelta | Karhusaarilta | |
allative | Karhusaarelle | Karhusaarille | |
essive | Karhusaarena | Karhusaarina | |
translative | Karhusaareksi | Karhusaariksi | |
abessive | Karhusaaretta | Karhusaaritta | |
instructive | — | Karhusaarin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location.