haahka
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Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *hahka (“gray?”), possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ačka (“gray? white?”). If so, may be related to Erzya ашо (ašo, “white”).
Pronunciation
Noun
haahka
- any of the Northern hemisphere sea ducks of the eider family, especially the common eider (Somateria mollissima)
- (vulgar) an older, aged woman
Declension
| Inflection of haahka (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | haahka | haahkat | |
| genitive | haahkan | haahkojen | |
| partitive | haahkaa | haahkoja | |
| illative | haahkaan | haahkoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | haahka | haahkat | |
| accusative | nom. | haahka | haahkat |
| gen. | haahkan | ||
| genitive | haahkan | haahkojen haahkain rare | |
| partitive | haahkaa | haahkoja | |
| inessive | haahkassa | haahkoissa | |
| elative | haahkasta | haahkoista | |
| illative | haahkaan | haahkoihin | |
| adessive | haahkalla | haahkoilla | |
| ablative | haahkalta | haahkoilta | |
| allative | haahkalle | haahkoille | |
| essive | haahkana | haahkoina | |
| translative | haahkaksi | haahkoiksi | |
| abessive | haahkatta | haahkoitta | |
| instructive | — | haahkoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
compounds
See also
- kalkas (male of common eider)
Further reading
- “haahka”, 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 2023-07-02