kaaliperhonen

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Etymology

kaali (cabbage) +‎ perhonen (butterfly)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑːliˌperhonen/,
  • Rhymes: -erhonen
  • Hyphenation(key): kaali‧perho‧nen

Noun

kaaliperhonen

  1. large white (Pieris brassicae)
  2. cabbage white, cabbage butterfly, pierid (any butterfly in the family Pieridae)
  3. (as modifier) pierid, pieridine
    kaaliperhoslajipierid species

Declension

Inflection of kaaliperhonen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
nominative kaaliperhonen kaaliperhoset
genitive kaaliperhosen kaaliperhosten
kaaliperhosien
partitive kaaliperhosta kaaliperhosia
illative kaaliperhoseen kaaliperhosiin
singular plural
nominative kaaliperhonen kaaliperhoset
accusative nom. kaaliperhonen kaaliperhoset
gen. kaaliperhosen
genitive kaaliperhosen kaaliperhosten
kaaliperhosien
partitive kaaliperhosta kaaliperhosia
inessive kaaliperhosessa kaaliperhosissa
elative kaaliperhosesta kaaliperhosista
illative kaaliperhoseen kaaliperhosiin
adessive kaaliperhosella kaaliperhosilla
ablative kaaliperhoselta kaaliperhosilta
allative kaaliperhoselle kaaliperhosille
essive kaaliperhosena kaaliperhosina
translative kaaliperhoseksi kaaliperhosiksi
abessive kaaliperhosetta kaaliperhositta
instructive kaaliperhosin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of kaaliperhonen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)

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