hieprukka

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Finnish

Etymology

hiepra +‎ -ukka (diminutive suffix). Assumed to Finnish from the Kalevala.

Pronunciation

Noun

hieprukka (poetic, rare)

  1. maiden; comely
    • 1888 [1849], trad. / Elias Lönnrot, translated by John Martin Crawford, Kalevala, Rune 44:
      Anna, impi, hapsiasi, hieprukka, hivuksiasi kanteloisen kielosiksi, ääniksi ilon ikuisen!
      Give me, maiden, of thy tresses, Give to me thy golden ringlets; I will weave them into harp-strings
    • 1898, Eino Leino, Sata ja yksi laulua, Höyhensaaret:
      sain soittaa ma kielillä kukkivan maan ja hieprukan hivuksilla

Declension

Inflection of hieprukka (Kotus type 14*A/solakka, kk-k gradation)
nominative hieprukka hieprukat
genitive hieprukan hieprukoiden
hieprukoitten
hieprukkojen
partitive hieprukkaa hieprukoita
hieprukkoja
illative hieprukkaan hieprukoihin
hieprukkoihin
singular plural
nominative hieprukka hieprukat
accusative nom. hieprukka hieprukat
gen. hieprukan
genitive hieprukan hieprukoiden
hieprukoitten
hieprukkojen
hieprukkain rare
partitive hieprukkaa hieprukoita
hieprukkoja
inessive hieprukassa hieprukoissa
elative hieprukasta hieprukoista
illative hieprukkaan hieprukoihin
hieprukkoihin
adessive hieprukalla hieprukoilla
ablative hieprukalta hieprukoilta
allative hieprukalle hieprukoille
essive hieprukkana hieprukkoina
translative hieprukaksi hieprukoiksi
abessive hieprukatta hieprukoitta
instructive hieprukoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of hieprukka (Kotus type 14*A/solakka, kk-k gradation)