hiisnikka

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Ingrian

Suet ovat hiisnikat.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian хищник (xiščnik).

Pronunciation

Noun

hiisnikka

  1. (biology) carnivore
    • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 5:
      Välin ono niin, jot oravan päälle hyppäjää kunitsa, tali milläin ikkee hiisnikka.
      Sometimes it's like that, that a marten leaps onto the squirrel, or some kind of carnivore.

Declension

Declension of hiisnikka (type 3/kana, kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative hiisnikka hiisnikat
genitive hiisnikan hiisnikkoin
partitive hiisnikkaa hiisnikkoja
illative hiisnikkaa hiisnikkoihe
inessive hiisnikaas hiisnikois
elative hiisnikast hiisnikoist
allative hiisnikalle hiisnikoille
adessive hiisnikaal hiisnikoil
ablative hiisnikalt hiisnikoilt
translative hiisnikaks hiisnikoiks
essive hiisnikkanna, hiisnikkaan hiisnikkoinna, hiisnikkoin
exessive1) hiisnikkant hiisnikkoint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

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