kärkimies

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Finnish

Etymology

kärki +‎ mies

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkærkiˌmie̯s/,
  • Rhymes: -ies
  • Hyphenation(key): kärki‧mies

Noun

kärkimies

  1. boss, leader, top dog, big cheese, big enchilada, big kahuna, bigwig, big wheel, grand poobah, head honcho, kingpin, muckety muck, top banana
  2. (sports) lead (male holding the lead in a race)

Declension

Inflection of kärkimies (Kotus type 42/mies, no gradation)
nominative kärkimies kärkimiehet
genitive kärkimiehen kärkimiesten
kärkimiehien
partitive kärkimiestä kärkimiehiä
illative kärkimieheen kärkimiehiin
singular plural
nominative kärkimies kärkimiehet
accusative nom. kärkimies kärkimiehet
gen. kärkimiehen
genitive kärkimiehen kärkimiesten
kärkimiehien
partitive kärkimiestä kärkimiehiä
inessive kärkimiehessä kärkimiehissä
elative kärkimiehestä kärkimiehistä
illative kärkimieheen kärkimiehiin
adessive kärkimiehellä kärkimiehillä
ablative kärkimieheltä kärkimiehiltä
allative kärkimiehelle kärkimiehille
essive kärkimiehenä kärkimiehinä
translative kärkimieheksi kärkimiehiksi
abessive kärkimiehettä kärkimiehittä
instructive kärkimiehin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of kärkimies (Kotus type 42/mies, no gradation)

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