hanhikki
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Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
hanhikki
- (botany) potentilla (plant of the genus Potentilla consisting of more than 300 species)
- Synonym: sormihanhikki
- More generally, a plant in the closely related genera Potentilla, Argentina, Dasiphora, Drymocallis and Sibbaldiopsis.
Usage notes
- Many of the plants in the genus Potentilla are commonly called cinquefoils in English, but also names five fingers and silverweed are used. Some species are called tormentils and barren strawberries.
Declension
| Inflection of hanhikki (Kotus type 5*A/risti, kk-k gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | hanhikki | hanhikit | ||
| genitive | hanhikin | hanhikkien | ||
| partitive | hanhikkia | hanhikkeja | ||
| illative | hanhikkiin | hanhikkeihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | hanhikki | hanhikit | ||
| accusative | nom. | hanhikki | hanhikit | |
| gen. | hanhikin | |||
| genitive | hanhikin | hanhikkien | ||
| partitive | hanhikkia | hanhikkeja | ||
| inessive | hanhikissa | hanhikeissa | ||
| elative | hanhikista | hanhikeista | ||
| illative | hanhikkiin | hanhikkeihin | ||
| adessive | hanhikilla | hanhikeilla | ||
| ablative | hanhikilta | hanhikeilta | ||
| allative | hanhikille | hanhikeille | ||
| essive | hanhikkina | hanhikkeina | ||
| translative | hanhikiksi | hanhikeiksi | ||
| abessive | hanhikitta | hanhikeitta | ||
| instructive | — | hanhikein | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “hanhikki”, 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